vehiculum binis rotis praeditum et ab homine motum From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birota[1](-ae, f.) est quodlibet vehiculum plerumque binisrotis praeditum, uno post alterum in formametallica afficto, quo unus homo vel rarius duo aut plures homines se movere possunt. Catenarotaspedaliaque conectit ut birotarii pedalibus versantibus progrediantur. Qui birota vehitur birotarius vel cyclista appellatur.
Birotae saeculis undevicensimo et vicensimo in Europa, praecipue Germania, excogitatae, evolutae, introductaeque sunt. Hodie omni in orbe terrarum exstant plus quam 1 000 000 000 birotarum,[2][3][4][5] qui numeri numeros autocinetorum magnopere superant, ambo in summa et per summam exemplarium fabricatarum.[6][7][8]
Minime commutatur fundamentalis birotae usitatae forma vel configuratio post 1885 fere, annum cum primum exemplar catenis utens excogitatum esset.[9] Multa autem singula meliora facta sunt, praecipue post materias modernas et designationem a computatris adiuvatam adventam, innovationes quae permultas designationes ad varia birotationis genera aptissimas siverunt.
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