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    John Kemp Starley (24 December 1855 – 29 October 1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered the inventor of the modern bicycle...
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    1889, the company became J.K. Starley & Co. Ltd., and in the late 1890s, the Rover Cycle Company Ltd. In 1899 John Starley imported some of the early...
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    front-drives, and only 9 with chain rear-drives. In that same year, John Kemp Starley (J. K. Starley) came out with the first commercially successful safety bicycle...
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    rear wheel which was actually made" and has been ranked alongside John Kemp Starley as an inventor of the modern bicycle. In 1879 he married Elizabeth...
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    bicycle industry, which had boomed after the 1885 introduction of J K Starley's safety bicycle. J B Dunlop sold out in 1895 and took no further interest...
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    possible without the need for a large front wheel. In 1885, Starley's nephew John Kemp Starley took these new developments to launch the modern bicycle,...
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  • List of inventors (section K)
    Starkweather (1938–2019), U.S. – laser printer, color management John Kemp Starley (1855–1901), U.K. – safety bicycle Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914), U.S. – garment...
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    city, as was the inventor James Starley, instrumental in the development of the bicycle and his nephew J.K. Starley, who worked alongside his uncle and...
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    Detractors called it "The Crocodile", and it failed in the market. John Kemp Starley, James's nephew, produced the first successful "safety bicycle", the...
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    steer via the front wheel remained a problem. Englishman J.K. Starley (nephew of James Starley), J.H. Lawson, and Shergold solved this problem by introducing...
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  • various projects including "Now United." He's also had recent success in the K-Pop world working with "Twice" and "Shinee" which has earned him two Gold...
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    aeronautical engineer George Cayley and first used in bicycles by James Starley. A process of assembling wire wheels is described as wheelbuilding. A tire...
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    #LabourLeadership" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 February 2020 – via Twitter. "Clean Bandit / Starley – Manchester Academy". 10 November 2017. "Clean Bandit - I Miss You (Live...
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  • Love 4:18 12. "Headphones" (featuring Nelly Furtado) Haynes Starley Hope Martin Evans John Goodier Andrew Roettger Allen Ritter Brandon Green Soul Unique...
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  • p.k.a. Flume "This Girl" Jake Mason Dan West Ivan Khatchoyan (p.k.a. Cookin' on 3 Burners) "Call on Me" Starley Hope p.k.a. Starley Peter Wadams p.k.a...
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  • September 29 – Gryffin, American musician, DJ, record producer. October 3 – Starley (singer), Australian singer-songwriter October 7 – Lauren Mayberry, Scottish...
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    direct from London to Durban without stopping at the Cape. In 1885, John Kemp Starley, originally from Church Hill in Walthamstow, designed the first modern...
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    with Laurence Huber the Ivel Automatic Steerer tricycle. In 1885 John Kemp Starley exhibited his Rover Safety bicycle at the Stanley show. Albone copied...
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    most commonly known for his work in the consumer electronics sector James Starley (1831–1881), bicycle pioneer George Stephenson (1781–1848), engineer Joseph...
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    Alexandrov disappeared under mysterious circumstances). Richard Turco and Starley L. Thompson were both critical of the Soviet research. Turco called it...
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  • efficiency transformer and the AC parallel power distribution. 1885: John Kemp Starley invents the modern safety bicycle. 1886: Carl Gassner invents the...
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    Liaison, The Veronicas, Steve Grand, Nat Conway, Greg Gould 2018 – Cher, Starley, Seann Miley Moore 2019 – Kim Petras, Jake Shears, Leiomy Maldonado, PNAU...
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    suspension – Sidney Horstmann Steam fire engine – John Braithwaite Penny-farthing – James Starley Dynasphere – John Archibald Purves Caterpillar track – Richard...
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    bicycles. Starley developed the design which led to the "Penny farthing" type and more practical tricycle designs, but ultimately it was his nephew John Kemp...
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  • penny-farthing bicycles and sewing machines. In 1885 James Starley's nephew, John Kemp Starley, invented the Rover Safety Bicycle - a bicycle with similarly...
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  • first automobile (patented and publicly launched the following year). John Kemp Starley demonstrates the Rover safety bicycle, regarded as the first practical...
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    bicycle was designed by the English engineer Harry John Lawson in 1876, although it was John Kemp Starley who produced the first commercially successful safety...
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  • Parliament; invented by John Peake Knight (1828–1886). c. 1870: "Ariel", a penny-farthing bicycle, developed by James Starley (1831–1881). 1876: The legal...
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    Saxton (HBA '83, MA '85) Chief Science Officer at Plug in America Gregory Starley (BS '76) Managing Director & Owner of Star Portfolio Ventures, Inc Yuanhua...
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  • including the two-cylinder engine, apart from the wheels which he bought from Starley in Coventry. This was probably the first all-British car and Stephens set...
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