 | "Velox" (pseud.) - 1869 - 142 páginas
...are further told that no matter how short the curve, both wheels make it at the same time, and the seat always remains parallel to the drivingwheel....been made which bid fair to remove this objection. VELOCIPEDES. The simplest form of a tricycle is shown in Fig. 12. It is one of those manufactured by... | |
 | 1870 - 850 páginas
...are further told that no matter how short the curve, both wheels make it at the same time, and the seat always remains parallel to the driving-wheel....objection. The simplest form of a tricycle is shown in Fig. 7. It is one of those manufactured by Mr. Lisle, of 'VVolverhampton, and is known as the German tricycle.... | |
 | EDMUND ROUTLEDGE - 1870 - 820 páginas
...its own length. In a room or riding-school no doubt the " Keystone" would be useful. THE TBICYCLE. IN all probability the three-wheeled velocipede will...objection. The simplest form of a tricycle is shown in Fig. 7. It is one of those manufactured by Mr. Lisle, of Wolverhampton, and is known as the German tricycle.... | |
 | Archibald Sharp - 1896 - 580 páginas
...the greater safety of the three-wheeler was more apparent than real. ' Velox,' writing in 1^69, says, "Strange as it may appear to the uninitiated, the...far more likely to upset the tyro than the bicycle." Figure 141 (from ' Velox's ' book) represents a simple form of tricycle made in the sixties by Mr.... | |
 | Archibald Sharp - 1896 - 574 páginas
...greater safety of the three-wheeler was more apparent than real. ' Velox,' writing in 1869, says, " Strange as it may appear to the uninitiated, the tricycle...far more likely to upset the tyro than the bicycle." Figure 141 (from ' Velox's ' book) represents a simple form of tricycle made in the sixties by Mr.... | |
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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... 