Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 110
tremendous force. We bought the wheelswith a feeling of awe and carted them secretly to our shop.After much thought and experiment we hit upon what wethought a marvelous idea. The small wheel was fastenedfirmly to the back axle, and through a hole in the floor thelarge wheel was let down until the… … 106 OUR BOYS. around four times! Was ever anything so wonderful knownbefore ? I shall never forget the afternoon when Jack, who was thescientific member of the firm, sat down and began workingsome problems on a smooth piece of pine. Lets see, said he; those rear wheels are 3 feet 6 inchesin…
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