Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — Gasoline Bicycle. [ARTICLE]

Gasoline Bicycle.

A gasoline bicycle is the latest. Tl.e gasoline is contained in a reservoir, and the vapor ignited by a lamp so as to explode in the cylinder and work the piston backwards and forwards. The piston turns the rear or driving-wneel of the bicycle round, and the whole machine is moved forward or backward as the case may be. The rider has only to start, stop, and steer, or regulate the speed. The new bicycle is coining rapidly into favor all over the Continent. It may be added that a cellular tire for cycles has made its appearance, the indiarubber containing cells or chambers of oval section, and elasticity comparable to that of the pneumatic tire.