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Massively-Wheeled Unicycle, 1897

JF Ptak Science Books  Quick Post

I found this patent for a rather extraordinary bicycle–a unicycle, actually, and a massively-wheeled one, at that. Looks to me as though the wheel of the unicycle might be eight feet tall, with the rider seated at just below the center of the wheel. Its utility as a utility is a little suspect…

 

And the detail:

Patents unicycle detail

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