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Excerpt from The Complete Cyclist
Dalzell was the first inventor of this great improve ment is somewhat uncertain, as claims have been advanced for its earlier use by another Scotsman but there is little doubt that to one or other of the canny Scots the credit must be given. I own that to me it is a matter of surprise that Scotland did not foresee earlier in the day the extent to which the industry would grow, and, with all the engineering facilities at her command, rival Birmingham and Coventry in supplying the demand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
