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Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)

Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 130

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safety wheel hasbeen materially reduced, the long name has been TRICYCLES. 109 abbreviated, and the machine is now known as theSalvo Tricycle. This type of tricycle had large driving wheels—48 or 50 inches, a front steering wheel of about 18inches, a side steering handle; the chain was placed atone… … Humber Tricycle. of this type was somewhat modified, and instead of thelarge loop, a single tube was brought down andforward from the center of the axle, under which thechain was carried, so that the machine was centralgeared, and the frame was T shape. A modification of the usual pattern of…

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