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Once there were bikes it didn't take long before someone wanted to ride them after dark. And once that idea had been hatched it wouldn't have taken long before someone had tried strapping a lantern of some sort to the bike. It's such a natural need that I don't think it's possible to determine a single inventor.
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I'd agree. The cycle dynamo was probably a single invention but otherwise the lamps were natural developments from existing ones for other purposes. Some early cycles even had acetylene lamps (these generate the fuel gas internally by reacting calcium carbide with water).
The lamps in the picture with long stems below them might be oil-lamps but to me, look more like carriage lanterns using candles. As the candle, held inside the stem, burns down a spring pushes its rim up against an internal flange formed in the stem's top opening.
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Why is a bicycle brake a good example of a lever system?
Because to actuate the brake you pull at the brake lever.
Was the bicycle invented in the US?
No
What was invented in 1645?
bicycle
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John Richard Dedicoat is credited with invented the bicycle bell in 1877. Bicycle bells are usually put on the handlebars and are thumb activated.
How did the first car was invented?
it was invented by the example of the bicycle.
What date was the bicycle invented?
the bike was invented in the 1860s
What were the materials of the first bicycle?
The bicycle was invented using already existing materials, so no new material was developed for the bicycle.
What is a rubber portion of a brake on a bicycle called?
a block
What simple machine make the hand brake work on a bicycle?
Bicycle brakes are usually levers
What principle of fource is used on bicycle's brake?
Friction and leverage.
Did Thomas McCall invent a bicycle?
no, Karl drais invented the bicycle in 1816 or 1817.
Who invented the macmillan bike?
Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the Macmillan bicycle.
