bicycle — (n.) 1868, coined from BI (Cf. bi ) two + Gk. kyklos circle, wheel (see CYCLE (Cf. cycle) (n.)), on the pattern of TRICYCLE (Cf. tricycle); both the word and the vehicle superseding earlier VELOCIPEDE (Cf. velocipede). The English word probably… … Etymology dictionary
Bracket — 〈 redirects here. It is not to be confused with く, a Japanese kana. This article is about bracketing punctuation marks. For other uses, see Bracket (disambiguation). Due to technical restrictions, titles like :) redirect here. For typographical… … Wikipedia
Berkhamsted — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.76 longitude= 0.56 official name= Berkhamsted population= 19,000 shire district= Dacorum shire county = Hertfordshire region= East of England constituency westminster= South West Hertfordshire post… … Wikipedia
Penny-farthing — For other uses, see Penny farthing (disambiguation). A penny farthing photographed in the Škoda Auto Museum in the Czech Republic … Wikipedia
Thomas Stevens (cyclist) — Thomas Stevens (December 24, 1854, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England 1935) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle.Born to William and Ann Stevens, with an older sister Bridget and younger Jane, he became a voracious reader of… … Wikipedia
The Warwick Boar — Infobox Newspaper name = The Warwick Boar type = Weekly newspaper format = Compact (Tabloid) foundation = 1973 owners = Warwick Students Union headquarters = Warwick Students Union editor = Nima Seifi and Alpha Parish (Co Editorship) The Warwick… … Wikipedia
Bernina Sewing Machine — History= In the spring of 1890, Karl Friedrich Gegauf moved from Tägerwilen to Steckborn, Switzerland. and in Feldbach Convent established an embroidery shop and a mechanical workshop for the production of a monogram embroidering machine, his own … Wikipedia
St. Ebbes — St Ebbes is a small housing estate just south west of the city centre in Oxford, England. It is close to Oxford Ice Rink and the Westgate Shopping Centre, and near the River Thames.There is also a street in the area called St Ebbes Street,… … Wikipedia
Shattered Visage — Infobox Book name = The Prisoner: Shattered Visage title orig = translator = image caption = The Prisoner: Shattered Visage collected edition. author = Dean Motter and Mark Askwith illustrator = Dean Motter language = English genre = Tie in… … Wikipedia
List of churches in Oxford — records churches in the city of Oxford, England. Oxford s famous Dreaming Spires refer to the medieval churches and colleges that dominate the bustling modern town in all their Gothic splendour. [ [http://wikitravel.org/en/Oxford Wikitravel] ]… … Wikipedia
