Identifier: cyclingartenergy00scot (find matches)
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
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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W. Klahr, of Meyerstowii, Pa No. 285,821. Patented October Mr. Klahr was one of the early geniuses that appre-ciated the utility of the anti-vibrator. Notice thespring upon the front reach. This is a device quitesimilar to that used by many makers of rear-drivers inthe past few years. The inventor does not claim this,however. 23 266 CYCLING ART, ENERGY, AND LOCOMOTION.
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Brutons English Patent. Provisional specification. No.18,1879. January AN ENGLISH TREAD-MILL. 267 IMPAETING MOTION TO VELOCIPEDES, &c. (This Invention received Provisional Protection only.) Edward George Bruton, of No. 1, Park Cres-cent, Oxford. Certain Improvements in theForm and Method of Imparting Motion toVelocipedes, Carriages, or other Vehicles. This Invention consists of a new form of impartingmotion to velocipedes or other vehicles having threeor more wheels, which wheels shall receive their motionfrom a traversing platform, to which motion is im-parted by walking or running thereon ; the platformconsisting of endless bands, of a substance offering re-sistance to the foot, passing over rollers suspended fromthe said vehicle, which rollers, by pulley-bauds, chains,or other means, put in motion certain wheels of thesaid vehicle and thereby propel the same. We have heard the tricycle compared to a tread-millby unkind and wearied riders, but it has remained forour English brot

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