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The Rainhill Trials (2)
The Rainhill Trials were held over nine days from October 6th to 14th 1829 and of the five entries that participated, one breached the no horses stipulation. Patented on September 9, 1829, (no 5840), Thomas Brandreth’s Cycloped was a flat-bed wagon propelled by a single horse attached to a treadmill. The animal’s kinetic energy was transferred to the drive wheels by a series of cogs. At the front…
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