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 40
The Lallement machine. One illustrious gentleman, Croft by name, patenteda machine in the United States, August 21, 1877.* *This is not a misprint for 1777. 38 CYCLING ART, ENERGY, AND LOCOMOTION. In the Croft machine a pair of bars held in thehands are used witli which to propel by pushing… … The Croft machine. Croft takes a step in advance of Johnson, but he stillretains his propulsive power by means of oscillatingdevices having contact with the ground, and in thisrespect might be said to use a pair of mechanical legs.He combined a walking method with that of rolling,as was the case…
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