Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Mac Milan
The correct answer is Mac Milan.
- Kirkpatrick Macmillan (2 September 1812 in Keir, Dumfries and Galloway – 26 January 1878 in Keir) was a Scottish blacksmith.
- He is generally credited with inventing the pedal-driven bicycle.
- According to the research of his relative James Johnston in the 1890s, Macmillan was the first to invent the pedal-driven bicycle.
- Macmillan allegedly completed construction of a pedal-driven bicycle of wood in 1839 that included iron-rimmed wooden wheels, a steerable wheel in the front and a larger wheel in the rear which was connected to pedals via connecting rods.
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