Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 390
heels, and,sitting on it, his toes touching the ground, hepushed himself along at a jolly pace. He steeredthe machine by a handle in front that controlledthe forward wheel, and, in going down hill, he hadonly to lift up his feet and have a coast on wheels.Everybody thought it was quite a splendid… … LEFT BEHIND. 388 A TALK ABOUT THE BICYCLE. [September, the machine. They put on another wheel, so that itwould stand alone, and then they took it off again, for they found it wouldgo better with twowheels. At last, aboutten years ago, theymade improved ma-chines called veloci-pedes, with cranks…
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