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 288
ntleman who thinks he can balancethe bicycle by means of out-riggers. However ridic-ulous this scheme may be, this inventor does not de-serve the first prize. A machine shown at one of theLondon exhibitions, in which the two small wheelswere replaced by iron sled-runners, should be the sub-ject of… … J. O. Lose, of Paterson, N. J. One-wheeled vehicle. No. 325,548. PatentedSeptember 1, 1885. * I may operate my unicycle by either clock-work orsteam, instead of foot-power. A small boiler may be placed under the platform0, with steam-pipe to convey the steam to the innerrim of the large wheel ^.…
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