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Title: Cycling art, energy and locomotion: a series of remarks on the development of bicycles, tricycles, and man-motor carriages
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Scott, Robert Pittis
Subjects: Cycling Bicycles
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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nventor has generally been accredited as beingthe first to apply cranks to the single-track machine;but priority is now claimed by Dalzell. If this claimbe valid, Lallement would have to confine himself to the honor of being the first to apply the feet directly to the cranks, and to being the first patentee. It is stoutly maintained in Coventry that others hadapplied cranks, in a manner similar to that describedin the foregoing specification, some time prior to thedate of this patent; it is fair to say, however, thatLallement was the most energetic in pushing his in-vention, and that he did as much, if not more, thanany other man in the great work Avhich has now as-sumed such mammoth proportions. Considering the short time it has taken to firmlyestablish this new and useful mode of locomotion as arecognized necessity to mankind, there is little need toquarrel over the exact division of the honors; there isenough for all, and all will be in time duly creditedwith their respective claims.
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CHEAP MOTIVE POWER. 225 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. WM. C. MOORES, OF BLOOMFIELD, WISCONSIN. IM-PROVEMENT IN ECONOMIZING HUMAN POWER. The object of this invention is to furnish meanswhereby the strongest muscles of the human body maybe advantageously used in propelling machinery,whether for locomotion or for stationary work, thuscheapening motive power. What I claim as my invention is,— 1. The ratchet-wheel A, with its notches cut ineach direction and worked by means of the levers B, B^with the pawls C, C, and springs D, D, as described. . 2. In combination with the above, the treadlesE, E, attached to the ends of the levers B, B, constructedin box form, as described. 3. The seat F, constructed as described, whenused in combination with the ratchet-wheel A, leversB, B, and paw^ls Q C, and treadles Ej E, and springsG, 6r, all arranged as set forth. Wm. C. Moores.^ If this lever-motion had been properly claimed, andhis tilting pedals adroitly covered by patents, he mighthave given no

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