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
ich every step,freaky ones excepted, has been suggestedand tested by practical use. Hence a de-vice may be abandoned in the hope of es-caping the inevitable drawback which be-sets all earthly things; or a device may bedropped because it cannot be made wellenough or easily enough in the… … THE ORDINARY—1878. comes to its end the maker goes back to ortoward the beginning again, like thepreacher who tips over his barrel of ser-mons and starts in afresh on the other end.For illustration, suppose the following:The chain has some drawbacks, and there-fore it is gradually displaced by the…
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