 | "Velox" (pseud.) - 1869 - 200 páginas
...from London to Brighton on a bicycle, 52 miles in 7£ hours. Previously this had only been done in 9J hours. In Liverpool the gymnasiums are crowded nightly...enthusiasm of American or French riders. As a means cise it is worthy of attentii more than forty miles in a can be done with ease. '. only thirty. If... | |
 | 1870 - 850 páginas
...champion of skating, performed the journey from London to Brighton, on a bicycle, 52 miles, in 7£ hours. Previously this had only been done in 9} hours....velocipede. They do not give power, they only utilize it. There must be an expenditure of power to produce speed. One is inclined to agree with the temperate... | |
 | EDMUND ROUTLEDGE - 1870 - 820 páginas
...velocipede. Ere I say farewell, let me caution velocipedists—past, present, and prospective—against expecting too much from any description of velocipede. They do not give power, they only utilize it. There must be an expenditure of power to produce speed. One is inclined to agree with the temperate... | |
 | Archibald Sharp - 1896 - 580 páginas
...concluding paragraph of this little book may be quoted : " Ere I say farewell, let me caution velocipedists against expecting too much from any description of velocipede. They do not give power, they only utilise it ; there must be an expenditure of power to produce speed. One is inclined to agree with... | |
 | Archibald Sharp - 1896 - 574 páginas
...concluding paragraph of this little book may be quoted : " Ere I say farewell, let me caution velocipedists against expecting too much from any description of velocipede. They do not give power, they only utilise it ; there must be an expenditure of power to produce speed. One is inclined to agree with... | |
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They do not give power, they only utilize it. There must be an expenditure of power to produce speed. One is inclined to agree with the temperate remarks of Mr. Lander, CE, of Liverpool, rather than with the extravagant enthusiasm of American or French... 