Roper steam velocipede
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roper-steam-velocipede-164-14036287
title:
Roper steam velocipede
text:
The Roper steam velocipede was a steam-powered velocipede built by inventor Sylvester H. Roper of Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States sometime from 1867 to 1869. It is one of three machines which have been called the first motorcycle, along with the Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede, also dated 1867–1869, and the 1885 Daimler Reitwagen. Historians disagree over whether the Roper or the Michaux-Perreaux came first. Though the Reitwagen came many years later than the two steam cycles, it
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description:
Steam-powered velocipede
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roper_steam_velocipede
date created:
2011-02-05T07:58:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T04:53:42Z
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