Velocipedes, Bicycles, and Tricycles; how to Make and how to Use Them ...G. Routledge & sons, 1869 - 127 páginas |
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Velocipedes, Bicycles, and Tricycles; how to Make and how to Use Them ... "Velox" (pseud.) Visualização integral - 1869 |
Velocipedes, Bicycles, and Tricycles; how to Make and how to Use Them ... "Velox" (pseud.) Visualização integral - 1869 |
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6.-THE CANTERING PROPELLER boiler Bois de Boulogne bolt brake catgut cipedes cloth construction crank arm crank Fig cranked axle CRUDEN'S CONCORDANCE dandy-horse demy 18mo descending an incline described and specified driving-wheel Edition ELYRIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE family party Fcap feet fit the axle free when descending French bicycle front wheel GEORGE ROUTLEDGE gilt edges handy to procure hind wheel hole to fit idea inch invented JOHN HEATON JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS LONDON machine manufacture mecha mechanical modern bicycle nave a strong nave with flat ordinary linch-pin P. W. Mackenzie pattern pedal pedes procure wooden wheels PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY Pronunciation ratchet-catch READY RECKONER rear wheel receive the crank receive the fork rider road roan rounded to receive ROUTLEDGE AND SONS ROUTLEDGE'S run free saddle seat shaft shown in Fig Song Book Songster square to receive steering-handle strong iron plate substantially as described tricycle vehicle veloci velocipede VELOCIPEDUM VARIORUM wheel-horse wooden nave
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Página 49 - It has the driving-wheel in front, with the direct action of the reel pedals, but the wheel is placed much nearer to the rear wheels than any of the tricycles yet made. This gives the rider a more complete control over the motion and action of the machine, and enables it to turn corners with the safety and celerity of the two-wheeler. Its construction is thus described : " From the axle of the hind wheel rises a bow-shaped brace, to which is bolted one end of the reach, which consists of two parallel...
Página 30 - To preserve the balance a small board covered and stuffed is placed before, on which the arms are laid, and in front of which is a little guiding pole, which is held in the hand to direct the route. The swiftness with which a person well practised can travel is almost beyond belief, 8, 9, and even 10 miles may, it is asserted, be passed over within the hour on good level ground.
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Página 110 - 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 riders. As a means of healthful exercise it is worthy of attention. Certainly not more than forty miles in a day of eight hours can be done with ease.
Página 49 - IN all probability the three-wheeled velocipede will have a more enduring and wider-spread popularity than the two-wheeled. Not that those in present use are safer or even easier to guide than the bicycle, but they permit the body to remain in a sitting posture when going down hill and when the machine is at rest. An artist can sketch from the seat. It can be taken to a shady nook while the luncheon or quiet pipe is enjoyed, and what is lost in speed is made up in comfort. There, are, however, some...
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