[Illustration: Bramley & Parker’s Specification. English patent. No. 6027. November 4, 1830. See page 211.] CYCLING ART, ENERGY, AND LOCOMOTION: A SERIES OF REMARKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, AND MAN-MOTOR CARRIAGES. BY ROBERT P. SCOTT. _ILLUSTRATED._ PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 1889. Copyright, 1889, by +J. B. Lippincott Company+. [Illustration] DEDICATION. THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS A BODY CORPORATE, OF THE BALTIMORE CYCLE CLUB. PREFACE. The average intelligence of the Cycling fraternity can, with justice, be said to be above that of any other association of men and women, devoted to pastime, sport, and exercise, in the world; yet withal it is with some considerable feeling of anxiety that this book is sprung upon them. There can be no question but that we are a reading community, and yet all attempts catering to our wants, in the way of books, seem to have met with a less hearty support than should have been expected. The author of one of the greatest works connected with Cycling has recently informed us that he is still many hundreds of dollars behind, and other authors have good reason to complain that their books can be searched for even at club-houses, where they surely ought to be found. Books consisting largely of advertisements have, no doubt, paid the compilers, as have also the numerous periodicals, but when we ponder over the colossal efforts of Kron and Stevens, and think of the poorly-rewarded devotion of Sturmey, “Faed,” the Pennels, Stables, Cortis, and others, the encouragement is not at all stimulating to writers; especially since all books of these authors are of the most attractive character and easily comprehended, whereas a large portion of this work is written with a view to inspiring a close study of the art, and for that reason, if for no other, is liable to be dry reading. However, it is too late now to swerve from the task; if one more must be added to the procession of dejected, empty-pocketed venturers, “so mote it be.”