Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1892 — A Walking Engine. [ARTICLE]

A Walking Engine.

A New York genius has evolved a curious kind of a traction engine that has both wheels and legs. The end of the machine to which the six legs are attached is supposed to be the rear of the engine. The legs are operated by eccentrics and they work in pairs. The feet are shod with blocks of rubber to enable them to take hold of the ground. The originator of this novel species of draft animals confidently asserts that it will go astern as well as ahead, and will climb any hill less steep than a pitch rooof. ■ ■ ■ . J c ' 1 *