THE BICYCLE AND AUTOMOBILE.
The Draisine, 1816. Michaux’s Bicycle, 1855. United States Patent to
Lallement and Carrol, 1866. Transition from “Vertical Fork” and “Star”
to Modern “Safety.” Pneumatic Tire. Automobile the Prototype of the
Locomotive. Trevithick’s Steam Road Carriage, 1801. The Locomobile of
To-day. Gas Engine Automobiles of Pinkus, 1839; Selden, 1879; Duryea,
Winton, and Others. Electric Automobiles a Development of Electric
Locomotives as Early as 1836. Grounelle’s Electric Automobile of 1852.
The Columbia, Woods, and Riker Electric Carriages. Statistics.