Popular science monthly . t has led to the belief that itwould lie a welcome addition to thehglning ecpiipment of our machine will carry as muchas three hundred pounds andattain a speed of iwenty-fi\emiles an hour, although itsweight is but fifty pounds. Ittakes hills easih. PrivateI)a\is, who tried it out, foundno difficulty in ascending afourtcen-degree incline. The machine is so smallthat it will turn around sharj)corners without danger. It isso light that it may be liftedo\er any ordinar\- obstacle. Oneof the tests consisted in riding itup to a four-foot fence, stopping theeng
Popular science monthly . t has led to the belief that itwould lie a welcome addition to thehglning ecpiipment of our machine will carry as muchas three hundred pounds andattain a speed of iwenty-fi\emiles an hour, although itsweight is but fifty pounds. Ittakes hills easih. PrivateI)a\is, who tried it out, foundno difficulty in ascending afourtcen-degree incline. The machine is so smallthat it will turn around sharj)corners without danger. It isso light that it may be liftedo\er any ordinar\- obstacle. Oneof the tests consisted in riding itup to a four-foot fence, stopping theengine and lifting the machine over thefence, all of which was done with ver\little delay. If the man who delivered thefamous message to Garcia had had one ofthese his task would have been easier. The dimensions of the little machineare forty-eight inches b\- nine inches Ineighteen inches. It is almost small enoughto be a plaything. Vet it will carr\-three lunidred pounds for fifty miles at,wi operating expense of ten It looks tiny, but it will cnrry three hvin-drcd |K>uiidti at twenty five miles an hour The Giant Destroyer of the Future Can a juggernaut be built whichwill annihilate a whole army ? By Frank Shuniaa Illustrated by Edwin F. Baylia (.
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