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Author - Biography, Articles, & Books

Hans-Erhard Lessing


Hans-Erhard Lessing (Germany) studied physics in Stuttgart and graduated in Berlin.Turned museum curator, he has witten biographies on Karl Drais and Robert Bosch and other German cycleana. In 2006, he initiated the book Bicycle Design - An Illustrated History at MIT Press with Tony Hadland which appeared in2014 with Chinese, Russian, and German editions to follow. Email: [email protected]

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Volume Chapter

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ICHC-001-01 Karl Von Drais' Two-Wheeler: What We Know Download_paper
ICHC-002-03 Around Michaux: Myths and Realities: Towards a New Chart of Early Bicycle History Download_paper
ICHC-003-05 The Bicycle and Science - From Drais until Today Download_paper
ICHC-003-06 French Summaries Download_paper
ICHC-004-003 The Reception of the Front-Wheel-Driven Velocipede in Germany Download_paper
ICHC-005-18 Cycling or Roller Skating: The Resistable Rise of Personal Mobility Download_paper
ICHC-008-05 The Evidence Against "Leonardo's Bicycle" Download_paper
ICHC-009-14 The J-Wheel: Streamline Pioneer Paul Jaray's Recumbent Download_paper
ICHC-010-00-INTRO Editor's Introduction, Table of Contents, and List of Contributors for Volume 10 Download_extra
ICHC-010-08 An Early Patent of a Two-Wheeler on Rails Download_paper
ICHC-011-04 What Led to the Invention of the Early Bicycle? Download_paper
ICHC-013-13 The Velocipede of 1819 in America Download_paper
ICHC-018-08 Adolph Schoeninger Download_paper
ICHC-019-01.02 From Paris to Mannheim: A German Velocipede Rider Pioneers the Gas Automobile waiting-4-pdf
ICHC-021-04.02 The Bicycle and the Bauhaus waiting-4-pdf
ICHC-022-05.02 The Two-Wheeled Velocipede: A Solution to the Tambora Freeze of 1816 waiting-4-pdf
ICHC-024-02.02 Past Cycle-Design Solutions for More City Cyclists Today waiting-4-pdf
ICHC-026-03.03 Karl Drais - His portraits and Long-Distance Tours on Early Velocipedes (en) | Karl Drais - ses portraits et les longues randonnées connues sur les premiers vélocipèdes (fr) Download_paper
ICHC-028-01 Citizen Karl Drais - What We Don't Know Download_paper
ICHC-029-06 Bernhard Sinn aka Seine The UK's Earliest Draisine Rider Download_paper
ICHC-029-Bios Authors' Bios Download_extra
ICHC-030-00-INTRO-05 David Gordon Wilson - A Few Words of Farewell Download_extra
ICHC-030-03 Western Origins of the Rickshaw Download_paper
ICHC-030-Bios Authors' Bios Download_extra