Bicycle and tricycle. Engraving from 1882 of two bicycles (nearest and furthest) with a tricycle between them. Due to the differences in size between the wheels,the bicycles were known as 'penny farthings'; a penny was a large,British coin and the farthing a small one. The front wheel was so large in order to gain sufficient traction when pedalling; gears had not yet been invented. The tyres were made of solid rubber. Social ettiquette decreed that bicycles were 'unlady-like' but the more sedate tricycles seen here were acceptable. This engraving appeared in Punch,a British satirical journal | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library |
Bildgröße: | 3543 px × 2541 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |