“Having thus described my invention, “I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,— “1. In combination with a single-wheeled velocipede, the reach _C_, with its guide-pulleys _e_, _e_, and traverse wheel _B_, arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described. “2. The combination of the traction-wheel _A_ with the traverse-wheel _B_, substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described. “+Richard C. Hemmings.+” [Illustration: S. Wortmann, of New York. Velocipede. No. 93,030. Patented July 27, 1869.] An early tandem showing the true sociability of the same; observe the peaceful harmony of the city gentleman, with chimney-pot hat, and the sombreroed cow-boy. WORTMANN SPECIFICATION. “This invention relates to a new vehicle, which is to be propelled by the upper or lower extremities of the person or persons which it supports, and which is provided with a fly-wheel in such a manner that the same may at will be thrown into or out of gear. This fly-wheel will gather power in going down-hill, and will then give it up in going up-hill, thereby facilitating the ascending of hills, and preventing too great rapidity while going down-hill. “The invention consists in the general combination of parts, whereby two persons may be accommodated on the vehicle, and also in the aforementioned arrangement of the fly-wheel. “When the fly-wheel is thrown into gear, as aforesaid, it will serve to gather power, to facilitate the riding up-hill, and to steady the motion down-hill. “2. The fly-wheel _K_, mounted on a separate shaft, _J_, the sliding pinion _f_, in combination with the lever _g_, substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified. “The above specification of my invention signed by me, this ninth day of June, 1869. “+Simon Wortmann.+” * * * * * You will have to make that front man do some work, Simon, or you will fall behind the band-wagon in spite of your fly-wheel. [Illustration: S. H. Sawhill, of Cambridge, Ohio. Velocipede. No. 93,751. Patented August 17, 1869.] SAWHILL SPECIFICATION. “This invention relates to a new two- or three-wheeled velocipede, which is to be propelled by hand, and which is so constructed that it can be easily operated, and that the body will be sustained in the most advantageous position. “The invention consists in several improvements of the driving-mechanism, of the foot-supports, and steering-mechanism, which, separately or combined, tend to produce a simple and convenient apparatus. “_A_, in the drawing, represents the front wheel of my improved velocipede. “The rider, holding the feet on these fixed bars _I_, can readily, and by an imperceptible motion, turn the post to guide the apparatus in any desired direction.