This book is by journalist Gordon Irving and tells the story of Kirkpatrick Macmillian, Inventor of the Bicycle.
He built the first pedal cycle and road on it to Glasgow at eight miles an hour and got fined 5 shillings for speeding
He was also a blacksmith and he even used to pull out people’s teeth. It [...]
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Devil on Wheels – the story of the Inventor of the Bicycle, who got fined for speeding
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