This monocycle inventor has not forgotten to provide a means of steering, which is done by the stirrups. Simply tilting the body will not answer. [Illustration: F. Schmitt, of Springfield, Ill. Velocipede. No. 91,169. Patented June 8, 1869.] SCHMITT SPECIFICATION. “The nature of my invention consists in constructing a velocipede with three wheels, one in front, for a guide, the other two in rear, connected together by a revolving axle. “The motive-power is communicated to the velocipede by means of machinery over the revolving axle and under the seat, which machinery is put in operation by the weight of and backward or forward motion of the occupant of the seat, or rider. “The operation of this machinery is as follows: “The weight of the rider upon the seat _o_, and a slight movement backward or forward causes the seat-support _g_ to move backward or forward, which motion is communicated to the upright lever _f_ by the connecting-bar _h_, which in turn starts the revolution of the driving-wheel axle _l_. “This movement of the lever _f_ also gives a corresponding movement to the jointed levers _k_, _k_, and in such a way that one lever, _k_, is moving backward while the other is moving forward, and so one of the snappers, _l_, is always caught in the ratchet-wheel _e_, and assisting in the revolution of the driving-wheel axle _d_, and in this way the impelling force of the machine never ceases for an instant. “This revolution of the ratchet-wheel _e_ forces the revolution of the driving-wheel _c_, which, by its connection with the pinion _b_, forces the revolution of the axle _A_ and wheels _B_.” * * * * * This patent shows a clever method of transmitting power by means of an oscillating motion of the body, and is valuable as a curiosity. The overcoat might be dispensed with, however, as it is not probable that the rider would need it even on the coldest of days. [Illustration: Leftwich’s Specification, English. No. 2173. July 19, 1869.] “+Specification+ in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by the said William Leftwich in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th January 1870. “+To all to whom these presents shall come, I, William Leftwich+, of Tufnell Park West, Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.