Pedals
['pedlz]
Examples
- His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In 1855 Ernst Michaux, a French locksmith, applied, for the first time, the foot cranks and pedals to the axle of the drive wheel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this the high wheel was behind and the small one in front, and straps and ratchet wheels connected the pedals to the axle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It should be understood that propulsion of this first Copeland model was not intended to depend solely upon mechanical power, but to be operated in connection with the foot pedals. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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