dandy horse

two-wheeled human-powered vehicle often regarded as the predecessor of the bicycle
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dandy horse

Summary

dandy horse ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dandy horse is credited with the discovery of Karl Drais[2].
  • dandy horse's image is recorded as Draisine or Laufmaschine, around 1820. Archetype of the Bicycle. Pic 01.jpg[3].
  • dandy horse's image is recorded as Draisine1817.jpg[4].
  • dandy horse's image is recorded as 1924-71 Ladies Hobby Horse.jpg[5].
  • Karl Drais is named after dandy horse[6].
  • dandy horse's GND ID is recorded as 4424083-1[7].
  • dandy horse's subclass of is recorded as two-wheeler[8].
  • dandy horse's subclass of is recorded as human-powered land vehicle[9].
  • dandy horse's Commons category is recorded as Dandy horses[10].
  • dandy horse's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1817-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • dandy horse's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07mmgk[12].
  • dandy horse's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/draisienne[13].
  • dandy horse's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as draisienne[14].
  • dandy horse's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as dandy_horse[15].
  • dandy horse's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Draisienne[16].

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Works and Contributions

dandy horse is credited with the discovery of Karl Drais[2]. Things named for it include draisine[17].

Why It Matters

dandy horse ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for it include draisine[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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