Cycling art, energy and locomotion: a series of remarks on the development of bicycles, tricycles, and man-motor carriages (1889)
Scott, Robert Pittis · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott · leaf 271
15,1880. A LEVER-MOTION UNICYCLE. ... By havinoj a pair of the levers an alternatemotion is kept up and a continuous revolution of thedriving-wheel maintained. A ratchet and pawl, ball-clutch, or eccentric friction-clutch will accomplish this object, the latter being pref-erable, owing to the… … A. C. Monnin and P. Filliez, of Canton, O. Bicycle.April 19, 1887. No. 361,310. Patented ^ It will be seen that by our peculiar arrangementan operator can use his hands and feet in propellingthe bicycle proper, and that great speed can be madeby reason of the wheels E working on the pinions h.It…
Cycling · Bicycles
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