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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Boston Public Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Cycling art, energy and locomotion
- Author(s):
- Scott, Robert Pittis
- Publisher:
- Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Diagram of a dog-powered vehicle driven by a woman, in which the dogs are shut up inside the front wheel devised on the same principle as a squirrel cage. This contrivance was described as follows by its inventor, F. H. C. Mey:
This invention relates to vehicles which move from place to place on roads, pavements, etc., and consists in an improved construction thereof.
A is the driving-wheel, which in this instance is in the front of a vehicle having three wheels, but may be in the rear, if preferred, or in any other location.
The animals being placed in this tread-rim, as represented in Fig. 2, and caused to work, will impart motion to the wheel and to the vehicle, as will be clearly understood.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, diagram, dog, mechanics, transportation
