Wheel.
Description:
Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design, when "traversing soft and marshy soil[,] the ribs or lugs engage in the surface in the ordinary way; but in passing over hard or stony soil the flange bears on the surface and prevents jarring. The ribs and the flange are flush with each other . . . and this height may be considerably more than that of the ordinary ribs . . . for the reason that the said height does not affect the regularity of motion of the wheel in passing over hard soil. The …
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Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
Hatch, Jerome B. & Stroud, Wiley N.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department