Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 62
s of Hobby Horse and Dandy Horse were alsoapplied to these machines, and their riders soon becamethe subject of caricature and ridicule. HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE. 4.1 In 1819 the machine was patented in this country,but failed to arouse much interest. Attention, however, being still paid to the… … Pedestrian Curricle—1818. was now added. The rider was still to carry hisweight, and to thrust as before, but there was placedin front of the body rest, a lever connected with asegment rack, gearing in a pinion on the front wheel,which could thus be driven by the hands. It is doubt-ful whether this…
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