This document provides a timeline of 2,800 years of three-wheeled transport developments. Some key entries include a Bronze Age vehicle from 800 BCE found in the Banat region of Serbia, shallow wheeled basins from 500-600 BCE in China, and depictions from 100-200 CE of disabled children using three-wheeled walking aids in Egypt and Rome. The timeline traces developments through China, Germany, and England, including the first self-propelled three-wheeler invented by disabled clockmaker Stephen Farfler in Germany in 1685. It highlights innovations like pedals and outer rims that improved mobility for disabled individuals over centuries.

1. An illustrated timeline of
2,800 years of three
wheeled transport
by Keith Armstrong
Abstract
A timeline for three wheeled transport and the
first with a practical application.
Keywords: Archaeology, Classical Antiquity, Disability Studies, transport history,
transport, China, Banat, Egypt, Germany, Rome.

2. Timeline of 2,800 years for three wheeled transport Keith Armstrong
800 B.C.E. Banat Region of Serbia - Bronze Age Vehicle
500-600 B.C.E. Jiangsu Province of China Shallow Wheeled Basin
100-200 C.E. Egypt Child with Walking Aid
90 - 120 C.E. Rome A Kleine
100 - 120 C.E Rome Three Wheeled Walking Aid at the time of Trajan
200 C.E Rome Roman Fresco, boy with three wheeled walker
525 C.E China Early three wheeler with seat.
900 C.E H'ang Dynasty, China Three Wheeler pulled by Oxen
(two tiny front wheels acting as one).

3. 1300 C.E England Embroidered three wheeler on a ecclesiastical vestment.
1546 C.E Augsburg, Germany, Book attributed to B Metlinger however text is
Doctor Eucharium Rösslin's "Die Frawen Rosegarten" Child with walking aid. Woodcut.
1562 C.E Frankfurt, Germany. Doctor Eucharium Rösslin's "Die Frawen Rosegarten"
attributed to Dr. Rösslin.
1685 C.E Nuremberg, Germany, Disabled clock maker Stephen Farfler invents
his 3 wheeled "Kunftswagon". The first self-propelled three wheeler. Note the
technology is now used as a foot-pedal for ordinary bicycles.
1776 C.E England John Joseph Merlin redesigns a self propelled three wheeled wheel
chair after his famous accidents with another of his inventions, roller skates, in England.
Merlin is also responsible for inventing an outer rim now standard in all self propelled
manual wheelchairs.
9/8/2016