This vehicle popular with jugglers was developed from the penny-farthing
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Security Forces and Cirque Du Soleil > Air Force Global Strike ...  Jun 15, 2015 ... High-wire walkers balance precariously on their lines, jugglers, acrobats and ... During 1866, James Stanley invented a unique bicycle called the Penny Farthing. It is this vehicle that is thought to be the inspiration for the unicycle. During the late nineteenth century the Penny Farthing was a popular bicycle.
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A Short Illustrated History of the Bicycle: The Penny Farthing: 1878 ...  The Penny Farthing: 1878 - James Starley and his ordinaries ... Gears not having been invented yet, the logical solution was to increase the size of the front wheel. ... Starley's most popular model was the Ariel (apparently named after the sprite...
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Penny-farthing - Wikipedia  The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler and ordinary, is a type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel. It was popular after the boneshaker until the development of the safety ... In 1869, Eugne Meyer, a Frenchman, invented the High-Bicycle design and fashioned the...
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The Juggling Edge - The #BJC2013 review thread starts here.  Having filled the car with jugglers we decided to skip the games and spend the day at the ... Perhaps fairly straight forward 3 ball tricks are more popular than the ... Marshall) and then trying to ride a penny farthing at 4.30am was great fun. .... and ten pounds extra for the week would have created a surplus to carry forward.
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Unicycle.com - Novelty Unicycles  Giraffes are also great platforms for juggling. ... Multi-wheelers are popular parade vehicles due to their visual nature. ... Penny-Farthing: Named for the size difference between the old English penny and the much smaller farthing, these are the...
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Fad Chance - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  Sep 28, 1988 ... Most toy fads have their day, then go to the. ... Likewise, the Slinky, which was invented in 1945 by Richard P. James. A marine architect and naval engineer, James came up with the idea after watching a tension spring fall off a table and bounce back and forth. .... Classic Toys Stand The Test Of Playtime
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Penny farthings | The Victorian Cyclist  Posts about Penny farthings written by thevictoriancyclist. ... 1880s, old fashioned 'ordinary' bicycles (which we would also recognise as 'penny farthings') slowly...
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Back in the days, boys use to build these kind of scooters with a ...  Explore Rollerskate Wheels, Scooters Kids, and more! ... Back in the days, boys use to build these kind of scooters with a wooden milk crate and old roller skates. .... In her highly anticipated new book, The Witches: Salem, 1692, Schiff focuses .... Moisant was the second woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license.
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Penny Farthing Bicycle (1860's)  Mortal Journey  Mar 6, 2011 ... Called the Draisine, walking machine, hobby horse, or dandy horse, it was ... The first modern day bicycle was created in the early 1860's. ... The fad quickly faded primarily because the bikes were so uncomfortable to ride. ... began with the introduction of the Columbia High Wheeler Penny Farthing bicycle.
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Jeopary Question, TOYS - TriviaBistro.com  Jeopardy Question: TOYS - While making a torsion meter, an engineer got the idea for this classic toy.
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1950's Toys: Play-Doh - Gunther Toody's  Apr 10, 2014 ... Among the many popular toys that were invented in the 1950's is Play-Doh. Although we all know it as a modeling compound, Play-Doh actually started out as wallpaper ... It was invented by Noah McVicker of Kutol Products, a soap ... so the need for wallpaper cleaner declined and the company was on the...
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A 1930s gal tries her hand at an old-fashioned penny farthing bike ...  I've always wanted to ride one if these. Vintage: woman riding a penny-farthing, 1949. The Village "I am Not A Number!" [Woman riding a penny-farthing, 1949.].
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Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles ...  Title: Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles at local U.S. parades. ... art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street ... (original digital file); Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. .... "Published in the interest of the great majority -- the working class.
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History of the farthing - Wikipedia  The British farthing was a coin of the Kingdom of Great Britain, a new sovereign state created in ... For the farthings of earlier centuries, see Farthing (English coin). ... The first British farthing was minted in 1714. ... The old figure of Britannia used since Charles II's time was discarded in favour of a sharper high relief design in...
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Cat Fight - The Curious Evolution of the Toy Cougar - Planet Diecast  The style of these models has seemed to feed from the offereings of the competition. It seems at times, toy cars ... In 1967, the Mercury Cougar (see above) was introduced as the pony car companion to the Ford Mustang. Matchbox was ready...
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Inventors and Inventions [ushistory.org]  In 1837, John Deere made the first commercially successful riding plow. Deere's steel plow allowed farmers to turn heavy, gummy prairie sod easily, which stuck ... children of the South would use these devices allowing the men to be away at war. ... Until Eli Whitney invented interchangeable parts, pistols like this one were...
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Find Out More About Disc Golf in Calgary | Rob "Frisbee Rob" McLeod  Jun 20, 2014 ... Start with a single, light, straight-flying approach disc. ... Discs will fly a long way with a gentle yet snapping release. ... man for Wham-O, created the Official Pro Model Frisbee in the mid-'60s, a version with superior flight ... was the invention, in 1976, of the disc-catching target often called a chain basket.
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jeopardy/1976_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Value: $800. Number: 17. SPARE TIME | In this dextrous hobby, a "cascade" moves balls or plates in a figure 8; a "shower" moves them in a circle | Juggling.
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'Ford Model T - The Car That Put the World on Wheels' - By Lindsay ...  Jun 1, 2008 ... Henry Ford recognized that making the car easy to operate was critical to its ... This was one reason why he championed the two-speed planetary ... to operate the bands controlling low, high, and reverse gears. ..... was fitted to approximately the first 2,500 cars built through early 1909. .... Forgot password?
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Frisbee - Wikipedia  A frisbee is a disc-shaped gliding toy or sporting item that is generally plastic and roughly 20 to ... He sold the rights to Wham-O on January 23, 1957, and in 1958 Morrison was ... Headrick soon redesigned the Pluto Platter by reworking the mold, mainly to ... In 1974, freestyle competition was created and introduced by Ken...
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jeopardy/2380_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  MEDIEVAL TECHNOLOGY | Now common, before 1400 this device was used only in a few applications like grindstones & hurdy-gurdys | Crank. right:.