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 34
ructed with a tongue projectingfrom the back side of the gear. The gears fit snugly to their respective shafts, andthis tongue is received in a recessed collarwhich is solid with the shaft, and whichprevents any rotation of the gear on itsaxis. The gears are then securely lockedin place by an… … road. This same bicycle is in use to-day,and if anything, is better, after havingbeen ridden over 25,000 miles, than it wasoriginally. Its working parts show noperceptible wear, the frictional parts in thegears being polished more smoothlythrough use, and running better to-daythan when the machine…
Bicycles
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