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      Karl
                von Drais
             
          * 1785 in Karlsruhe
              + 1851 in Karlsruhe
          
          
           
        
      
      
        Karl Freiherr von Drais was a German forest official and
      significant inventor in the Biedermeier period.
      He invented the Laufmaschine ("running machine"),
      also later called the Velocipede, Draisine (English) or Draisienne
      (French).
      
      
      
        
        
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