Category: History - Modern (1750+)
Comparison of the Curves of Translation, in Machines of which the Diameters, or Combination of Wheels Differ, of a Point taken in the same Relative Position on the Several Saddles—Consequent Concussion and Effect upon Momentum 69
Comparison of the Curves of Translation, in Machines of which the Diameters, or Combination of Wheels Differ, of a Point taken in the same Relative Position on the Several Saddl...
4. CHAPTER IX.5. CHAPTER XI.6. PART II.7. CHAPTER I.Locomotion as applied to the question of transportation of matter in all its varied forms has always been, and will always continue to be, one of the great problems of advancing...
8. CHAPTER II.A number of valuable books have been written on the fundamental principles of locomotion by means of walking, riding upon animate beings, flying and creeping, and also upon all...
9. CHAPTER III.“We find in a great number of standard treatises a sort of accusation brought against nature for having entirely wasted a great part of the force of our muscles by causing them...
10. CHAPTER IV.It is evident that one of the greatest, if not the very greatest, of the requirements of a practical road wheel, or a man-motor carriage, is that the power of the rider shall be...
11. CHAPTER V.We now proceed to compare the different modes which have been devised to transmit power from the rider to revolve the wheel; of these there are two principal classes, the simple...
12. CHAPTER VI.The manner in which the construction and general arrangement of the driving mechanism, the road surface, and other conditions control the application of power is a curious study...
13. CHAPTER VII.It seems pertinent at this point to make some further distinction between two distinctive classes of road wheels. The conception in the mind of man of road carriages which requi...
14. CHAPTER VIII.COMPARISON OF THE CURVES OF TRANSLATION, IN MACHINES OF WHICH THE DIAMETERS OR COMBINATION OF WHEELS DIFFER, OF A POINT TAKEN IN THE SAME RELATIVE POSITION ON THE SEVERAL SADDLE...
15. CHAPTER IX.It was a pet scheme of the writer’s to treat of the matter of the annoyance to the rider resulting from a shock or jolt and change in momentum in the various styles of bicycles...
16. CHAPTER X.The abstract terms of the heading have, so far, generally been applied to certain devices constituting an elastic connection between the standards of the wheels (1), or, more pr...
17. CHAPTER XI.The problem of saddles in cycles is really one of the greatest moment, and will continue to be, so long as any pain or discomfort is felt upon the bicycle sufficient to discrimi...
18. CHAPTER XII.“Taking headers,” or, in the parlance of our brethren of England, “coming croppers,” is perhaps a trivial heading for any article outside of newspaper or wheel periodical gossip...
19. CHAPTER XIII.This familiar phrase means simply that the number of revolutions made by the drive-wheel in proportion to the number made by the cranks is greater or less. Broadly, it varies th...
20. CHAPTER XIV.As machines of this general type bid fair to engage the attention of cyclists to a marked degree, it seems in place to give them more than a passing notice in the general discus...
21. CHAPTER XV.The question of side-slip is not entirely new; it was first mooted in connection with the Safety of the Kangaroo type, which had a driver of from thirty-six to forty inches in f...
22. CHAPTER XVI.Probably the most daring innovation the ladies have made in the domain of sports and pastime within the past decade consists in their riding the bicycle. There is no earthly rea...
23. CHAPTER XVII.The Tandem is a cycle in which two riders are mounted, one in front of the other, upon the same machine. We have the tandem tricycle, which is a two- or three-track machine on t...
24. CHAPTER XVIII.Unfortunately, it is next to impossible to practically test the durability and general excellence of a wheel before purchasing. The buyer therefore has to depend upon his skill...
25. CHAPTER XIX.The subject of cranks and levers has been touched upon from a philosophical stand-point, but an ingenious squib in a maker’s catalogue on the subject has suggested the propriety...
26. CHAPTER XX.The cycle art has developed the use of antifriction, or, we might say, rolling-friction bearings, to an extent never before attained; these bearings are in the form of balls and...
27. CHAPTER XXI.“We really thought that we were going to pass over a period of three months without having to chronicle the discovery (?) of a method of producing aluminum at a cost of not more...
28. CHAPTER XXII.No more important and interesting phase in the development of the wheel has recently occurred than the consideration and partial adoption of the cycle in military affairs. Alrea...
29. CHAPTER XXIII.The ever ubiquitous Yankee inventor fell upon an inexhaustible mine when he tapped the virgin soil of cycledom, and his English brother has not been much less fortunate; in fact...
30. CHAPTER XXIV.The cycle hobbyist is one of the quaint characters of the fraternity, and he exists in profusion; turns up at all the meets, and always makes his ubiquitous presence felt.
31. PART II.This early inventor, who had the honor of President Jefferson’s signature to his patent, was a clever genius in his time. I am constrained to think he was of that school which b...