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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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rtical position, and whichare intended to balance the weight of the rider, so thatthe difficulty of holding the seat in the desired direc-tion, above the axle, will be considerably reduced. The velocipede may be propelled by means of foot-cranks a, a, or by other suitable mechanism. Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is,— The weights E, E, suspended from the lower endsof the frame C of a one-wheeled velocipede, for thepurpose of balancing the frame, substantially as hereinshown and described. Thomas W. Ward. How Mr. Ward proposed to steer is not made quiteplain. The claim is strong, and the invention wasreally never patented before. Any one wishing to useit can do so now, however, as the patent has expired.I wish to call attention to the fact that the combinedweights E, E, as arranged in drawing, need not exceedfive hundred pounds in order to balance a hundred-and-sixty-pound man. 236 CYCLING ART, ENERGY, AND LOCOMOTION.
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J.J.White, of Philadelphia. Velocipede. No. &S,930. Patented April 13,1869. A MACHINE-SHOP ON WHEELS. 237 WHITE SPECIFICATION. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, John J. White, of Phila-delphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedVelocipede. This invention relates to a new velocipede, whichconsists entirely of two wheels and their connecting-axles, the axles supporting a frame in which the seatand driving-gear are arranged, so that they can be con-veniently operated. The wheels can, with this arrange-ment, be made very large, to obtain great velocity, andthe whole apparatus can be made light and convenient. Tlie invention consists in the general arrangementof the apparatus, and, furthermore, in the special ar-rangement of a hinged seat which can be swung downwhen on going up-hill the rider desires to leave the seatand walk with the vehicle. The invention also consists in the application ofconvenient brakes, by means

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