Carried its Own Foad.
Many attempts have been made to device special wheel? for taking heavy vehicles over soft places, and here you see cue that was actually in use foi eomc tune. The
principle has been variously applied, but this Bhows its most simple form, a whsel that lays down and takes up its own trade. fc was used for traction engines, and not long since something of the sort for cycles -was started. The shanks of the flat pieces. of course, fit loosely through the rim of the wheel, which actually rests upon B before it commences to raise up A.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 71
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103Carried its Own Foad. Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 71
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