The Modern bicycle and its accessories; a complete reference book for rider, dealer, and maker (1898)
Schwalbach, Alexander, Wilcox, Julius, Commercial advertiser association, New York · New York, The Commercial advertiser association · leaf 24
abidseeker for extreme and radical noveltiesin type, form and modes of propulsion maycare little for the niceties of mechanicalaccomplishment and may declare that the standstill has been reached. But thispessimistic and blase view is unwar-ranted, for undoubtedly many of the mostperfected and… … BONESHAKER—1868. (The Rider is John Mayall, who made the firstroad record, by riding (as shown in cut)from London to Brighton, 53 miles, in oneday, February, 1869.) tinct signs of two irresistible tendencies.One is toward fixity of type; the other istoward reversion to type. Fixity of typemeans the…
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