Inside Out Library · Explore

Scientific American, Vol. 75, No. 12 (1896) (1896)

leaf 10

An illustration from Scientific American, Vol. 75, No. 12 (1896), 1896, leaf 10
placed in the cup it exhaustible bottle of Robert Houdin, but it is more in- have aclear conception of the part played by ‘‘gear” genious. The problem proposed, as enunciated by shall outweigh the weight, 7, and consequently bring in the mechanics of the bicycle we have prepared the about the… … has no means of egress. But, if one of the said vents the rider of a 72 gear safety were seated upon an ordin- be opened, the air in the compartment corresponding ary of equivalent diameter his eyes would look out upon thereto willflow out ‘and the wine will flow into such willthen be sufficient to…

Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Scientific American, Vol. 75, No. 12 (1896)

More like this