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Scientific American, Vol. 80, No. 19 (1899) (1899)
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cle is found in the ‘*hobby- horse” which was popular at the beginning of the present century. In brief, it consisted of two wheels connected by a rigid frame of wood; the rider sat on a saddle midway be- tween the wheels and propelled it by means of strides on the ground. No provision for steering… … or ‘bone shaker,” have undoubtedly been ridden by some of our readers. Bicycle academies were established and races were run, and the machines even penetrated the far East. In 1869 a Parisian, M. Magee, still further improved the velocipede by making it entirely of iron and steel. And in the © 1899…Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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