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Show King Out Hie Old. A manifest absurdity Is the, practice, still apparently universal, of figuring nnd Htntinc, tho Bearing of tho bicycle. It is a Btirvival of tho unlltteat. When tho Bafety bicycle, first camo in competition com-petition with tho ordinary or high wheel, it was qulto natural that thoy should bo compared, and it was propei that tho crank revolutions of tho ono should bo stated in terms of tho other, but now that tho ordinary is absolutely dead, why shouhtho old and nlwaye inconvenient prnctlco bo retained? It would evidently bo bettor all around to givo tho crank effect of tho safety olthei in tho feet of road traversed per ciank rovolutlon or in tho number of revolutions revolu-tions to tho mllo. TluiB, a fit-Inch ma-clilno ma-clilno might bo called a 14',6-foot whoel for tho number of feet to tho rovolutlon, or It might be called a 373 wheel for tno number of trends to tho mllo. Almost nny method would bo better than the present hlstmlcal rollo.American Machinist. |