{"id":1045,"date":"2007-06-12T06:06:46","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T05:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/2007\/06\/12\/karl-drais\/"},"modified":"2007-06-12T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2007-06-12T13:07:22","slug":"karl-drais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2007\/06\/karl-drais\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Drais"},"content":{"rendered":"

190 years ago, today on 12th June 1817, Karl Drais presented to the world his running machine (“Laufrad”, “Velociped” – as he called it, “Draisine” – as others called it). As I believe it is the first bicycle (bi – cycle) and therefore one of the most advanced inventions ever made. It is an invention that I need 2 hours every day and an invention that could cure many of the problems discussed now at G8 conference in Heiligendamm.
\nSure, I am biased as Drais was born in my hometown Karlsruhe (German Wikipedia has his CV<\/a>). The Drais Grundschule in Karlsruhe was the first school that I attended. And for sure, I am impressed by the fact that Drais did not use his aristocratic title “Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn”. As a democrat he did not use his title although the Margraf von Baden was his grandfather. Here is a picture of an original draisine that I took in April 2006 at the Deutsche Museum München<\/a> – it comes at a weight of 18 kg, length 196 cm, height 108 cm. The draisine has been built in 1817 and is owned by THE Germanische Nationalmuseum Nürnberg.<\/p>\n

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Note the original tag at the handlebar
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Drais Schule in Karlsruhe November 2004
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