Bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- safety, highwheel/lever drive
- DATE
- 1878
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0216.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lawson, Henry J.
- MODEL
- Lawson Lever Safety
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME/ METAL WHEELS WITH SOLID RUBBER TIRES/ LEATHER SADDLE/ WOOD HANDGRIPS/ RUBBER PADS ON PEDALS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 231.0 cm
- Width
- 47.0 cm
- Height
- 142.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Lawson
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
This English bicycle influenced the development of the later rear-drive safety bicycle: the bicycle as today’s world knows it. Many of the features and technical arrangements of the Lawson are crucial to the developments of later machines. It was first displayed in the Stanley Cycle Show in 1880, however it unfortunately did not gain a commercial success. Only a few Bicyclettes appear to have been made and sold and by 1881 it was dropped from the company catalogue. Overall, the Lawson Lever safety was influential in Canada post-mortem, as it shows how bicycle designers in Britain and the United States (the most influential cycle makers on Canada) first tried to tackle the issues of safety that were so common with the Ordinaries. Later on, safety bicycles made the machine accessible to women, creating a great leap forward in Canadian society. Le bicycle Anglais à influencer le développement du bicycle de sécurité à propulsion arrière qui est maintenant le bicycle comme on le connait aujourd'hui. Plusieurs facettes et arrangements du Lawson sont cruciales pour le développement des machines à l'avenir. Le Lawson a fait ces débuts au Stanley Cycle Show en 1880 mais il n'a pas vu du succès commercial. Peu de Bicyclettes ont été fabriqués ou vendu en 1881 et la compagnie a décidé de retirer le Lawson de leur catalogue. Le Lawson Lever avait plus d'impact au Canada après sa retraite grâce à sa construction. Il démontre comment les premiers fabricateurs (Les États-Unis et Grand Bretagne) ont essayé d'utiliser les avances du Lawson pour améliorer la sécurité de conduite pour le bicycle Ordinaire. Plus tard, l'augmentation de sécurité a rendu ces machines accessibles aux femmes. Ceci a créé un avancement monumental pour la société canadienne. - Function
-
This variant of the Ordinary bicycle functions as a means of transportation for a rider. Une variante du bicycle Ordinaire qui fonctionne comme un moyen de transport pour un coureur. - Technical
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The driver sits directly above the front wheel of the Lawson model. In 1879 Lawson made the ‘Bicyclette,’ a safety bicycle. The safety aspect of this bicycle comes in the location of the bigger wheel: since it is at the rear, and it’s a rear-wheel drive, the machine’s weight distribution is further back than the rider — meaning that it will not tip dangerously when hitting an obstacle. This in turn, makes it safer for the rider and allows them to enjoy a faster speed, as well as a safer ride. The Bicyclette combined and adapted some of the most successful design features of existing cycles. It featured a chain drive, as well as a raked or angled-away front fork, which allowed the rider and pedals to be positioned between the two wheels instead of on top of the front one. Le Modèle Lawson est fabriqué en conséquence d'avoir le coureur positionné directement au-dessus de la roue à l'avant. En 1870 Lawson a construit la Bicyclette comme un bicycle de sécurité. L'aspect de sécurité est grâce au positionnement de sa plus grande roue à l'arrière du bicycle. Ceci fait en sorte que le poids de la machine et distribué en arrière du coureur. Le bicycle ne peut pas balancer dangereusement vers l'avant quand le coureur frappe un obstacle et donc le bicycle est considéré plus sécuritaire à utiliser. Le coureur peut aussi se permettre de voyager plus rapidement en confiance. La Bicyclette a combiné plusieurs options et caractéristiques des bicycles qui ont vu le meilleur succès pour créer un nouveau hybride. Il avait une commande par chaine et une fourche en angle ou parfois raclé. La fourche permettait au coureur et les pédales d'être positionnés entre les deux roues du bicycle. Ceci était un changement, car typiquement la roue du devant était responsable d'appuyer les deux. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S NAME PLATE
- Missing
- ORIGINAL SADDLE
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED REDDISH-BROWN GLOSS/ BROWN SADDLE/ HANDGRIPS PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lawson, Henry J., Bicycle, circa 1878, Artifact no. 1981.0216, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0216.001/
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