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William Nelson (1878/9 – October 3, 1903) was an American inventor and an employee of General Electric in Schenectady, New York.[1][2]
On the afternoon of October 3, 1903, in New York state, Nelson tested a new motorized bicycle he had invented. While trying out the motor bicycle on a hill opposite the home of his father-in-law, William H. Sterling, Nelson fell from the machine and was instantly killed at the age of 24.[1]
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