Word: wheels
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Diam. of wheel...
...Metropolitan Regatta, on October 17, Messrs. Downs and Eustis, after winning the pair-oared race, were run over by a tow-boat, their shell smashed, and they were forced to swim for their lives, Downs receiving a severe scalp-wound from the boat's paddle-wheel. They sued for damages, and were awarded $250 each, and $65 for their shell...
...remember how soon the velocipede fever died out in this country; but in England and France it had a different fate. First the driving-wheel was enlarged, and the rear wheel reduced, by which alterations not only greater speed was gained, but the rider was so placed as to expend his energy to the best advantage, viz. directly over, instead of behind the axis of power. The next step was to substitute iron and steel for wood, producing a machine of more elegant appearance and greater strength...
...wheel has turned, and the Western papers rejoice in a new subject. Galileo is now undergoing examination by the Era and Chronicle; the Index will probably lend a helping hand after it has settled a few more disputed points regarding Napoleon, and then the other papers will drop into line. The Chronicle is getting modest, referring to itself only sixteen times in the last number, instead of over thirty, as in a previous...
There's the hum of the busy city, the buzz of the whirling wheel...