Chain, bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- tricycle
- DATE
- 1886
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0234.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Quadrant Tricycle Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Birmingham, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal chain
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Quadrant
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Birmingham
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
PIONEERED THE USE OF A LARGE WHEEL IN THE FRONT FOR STEERING AND LOCATED IT WELL AHEAD OF THE HANDLEBAR TO STEADY THE STEERING. THE FRONT AXLE SLID ON TWO QUARTER CIRCLE, OR QUADRANT-SHAPED GUIDES WHEN IT WAS STEERED, THUS GIVING THE MACHINE ITS NAME (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Dark grey metal chain
- Decoration
- N/A
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Quadrant Tricycle Co., Chain, bicycle, circa 1886, Artifact no. 1981.0234, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1981.0234.002/
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