Gods of the Ebike

Louis John Crossley. (1842 - 1891).

Got his own page re "telephone collection":
http://telephonecollecting.org/crossley.html

Part:
"He married in 1865 and built a new home at Moorside. "Manor" would probably be a better description. The house was equipped with twin Otto engines for electricity generation, and was fitted with laboratories and workshops where Crossley could continue his experiments. The house was quite a local feature because of the electric lighthouse he had built on the roof. With careful design of the lenses and electric light , it gave off sufficient light to read a newspaper by up to two miles away. A Gramme generator provided power to run a small electric tramway around the grounds."

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Henry John Lawson, also known as Harry Lawson (1852–1925), got his own Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_John_Lawson

Part:
"The son of a brass turner, Lawson designed several types of bicycle in the 1870s. His efforts were described as the "first authentic design of safety bicycle employing chain-drive to the rear wheel which was actually made", and has been ranked alongside John Kemp Starley as an inventor of the modern bicycle."

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Ironic, ain't it? (That in 2010 Charles Spencer King - designer of Range Rover - died after "injuries sustained" in a crash with van - he on his pedal bike.)

From his obit:
"In an interview years later, King was scathing about "stupid" drivers who use big four-wheel drive vehicles for the school run or commuting. He, by then, drove a sporty Volkswagen Golf and was much more interested in lightweight economy vehicles. "


Lighweight economy vehicles. Can you say "ebikes"?
 
Mr. Charles Spencer introduced the two-wheeler, which has been called "bone-shaker." The wheels of the "bone-shaker" near equal size (Ed: Front wheel 48 inches. Of course.). The machine constructed of wood; heavy, and a rigidity hence the name. Nevertheless, on such a machine, Mr. Spencer rode from London to Brighton, a feat recorded in The Times of Feb. 19, 1869.


And Charlie an author too. In 1870 "The Bicycle: Its Use and Action":
http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Bicycle.html?id=5pk1AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y


Chas page on "GRACE'S GUIDE":
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Spencer

(Wonder how the "new or improved boomerang" idea went.)
 
scotend5 said:
Ow,, how interesting was the topic, where do i find this website?
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Oh oh. SOMEbuddy maybe hasn't read their newspaper "The Popular Science News" (from October 1885) maybe? Of course, available on a web site near you:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8099&p=427608&hilit=Charles+Spencer#p427608

... can try searching the WWW? In "boneshaker", check John Stephen Farmers book:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=CbATAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=charles+spencer+boneshaker&source=bl&ots=D2BPBXzdEs&sig=8BPzQ5d0lsWcUJOni512IS2gHpM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MCj3U4qUBMWjyASopYHIBA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=charles%20spencer%20boneshaker&f=false


"BoneSETTER" - A hand riding horse, a ricketty conveyance (nothing like one of those new-fangled electriffic "ebike" thingees), properly ones whose *occupation* is to set broken and dislocated bones.
Goes on:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=CbATAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=charles+spencer+boneshaker&source=bl&ots=D2BPBXzdEs&sig=8BPzQ5d0lsWcUJOni512IS2gHpM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MCj3U4qUBMWjyASopYHIBA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=charles%20spencer%20boneshaker&f=false


OMG! Sorry! Bone-SHAKER (same page):
"To ride a heavy ebike of a very old style (probably still using plumbum)."

Anyway. Class? There'll be a test!
 
Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) just mentioned in another thread here.

Pic of "Big A":
Archimedes.jpg

(Reference on ES was re using "solar" to charge ebikes.)
 
... and waiting in the wings... Big Hand for Eva Håkansson. Scene elsewhere, "Land speed record chaser just added another three titles to her collection at Bonneville."
 
Jacques Vaucanson, born 24 Feb, 1709 in Grenoble. Died on 21 Nov, 1782 in Paris, France. Inventor and mechanic, he invented a machine for making his continuous/endless "Vaucanson" chain.


(Eye witness report, as used by M. Gustave Trouve on April 8, 1881 up/down the streets in downtown Paris riding his six cell battery-electric motorized tricycle.)
 
American professor Vernon K. Krieble (1885-1964) in 1953. (Pennsylvania Dutch farm boy.) Together with his son Dr. Robert Krieble (also a chemist), founded the Loctite Corporation, the "Loctite" brand of thread-locking fluids.
 
Camille Jenatzy (Belgian race car driver, who in 1899 raced his purpose-built electric car "La Jamais Contente" to a new record (105.88 km/h (65.79 mph)):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Jenatzy
 
LockH said:
Another on the Watch List I guess, Dr. John Bannister Goodenough (On ES currently "Search found 25 matches:+Goodenough") re lithium flavoured batteries, and etc.
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And Good Doctor in newz. again.:
http://qz.com/338767/the-man-who-brought-us-the-lithium-ion-battery-at-57-has-an-idea-for-a-new-one-at-92/
 
YAY! Mister Ping!

And Naeem??? Watts up with numberonebikeslover ???

(Hope only on "Ones to Watch" list.)
 
Alexander Parkes (29 December 1813 – 29 June 1890) was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic (AKA "celluloid"). (seen on that Wikid Pee thingee)
 
ES Search found 8 matches: +Amelia +Earhart

Honorary Grrrl Gawd to the Ebike Masters? (Something of a rebel.)
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http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8099&hilit=justacarguy&start=575#p532533
"In 1889, VISCOUNTESS BURY went under some modifications to include the lengthening of the saloon and accommodation materially enlarged and improved to carry 60 or 70 passengers. She was in regular use on the Upper Thames during the subsequent decade. On an August Sunday in 1891, several members of the Hygienic Congress took a trip upriver from Maidenhead. Between 1889 and 1894, she was on charter to the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII."

YAY King Eddy! (Sorry. aka Bertie. Honorary Gawds of the EBike. Above re battery-electric boats. Traction motors. Electric cigar lighters. Lighting. Etc.)

NAH NAH! We gotts statues of Bertie AND Adam Beck!
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"The "former member" was Joshua Goldberg, one of the fathers of the modern ebike movement in North America. The first person to import Crystalyte hub motors from China for example."

Seen here:
http://www.meetup.com/Electric-Bicycles/boards/thread/9341000/0/?pager.offset=0&thread=9341000

from October, 2011
 
Since this thread is to honour 'Gods' of the ebike, I would make bold and mention the one at the top of this illustrious tree. It's a curious thing that when folks want to speak of honouring or praising something, or make some magnificent point or statement, we can't help but bring 'God' into the speech. So here is to honour the source of all invention, creativity, investigation, experimentation, fascination - God himself! Hey, You started it!

Has no one else noticed that a large proportion of the innovators of the 19th century and earlier were believers? Their belief system was properly oriented and became a springboard for their great achievements in their chosen field. Michael Faraday is mentioned in the very 1st post here. I have just read his wiki write up and am reduced to tears. "During his lifetime, he was offered a knighthood in recognition for his services to science, which he turned down on religious grounds, believing it was against the word of the Bible to accumulate riches and pursue worldly reward, stating he preferred to remain "plain Mr Faraday to the end". Also he refused to be buried in Westminster Abbey! Can you say humble?

I'd like to add Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician.
 
Amazing Sneaky Guy John Schnepf, NOT known for his patent "Machine for cleaning bottoms" ... butt instead his 1899 US patent for the Schnepf Automobile (His bike design had rubber tired(?) rear wheel spun via Friction Drive.)





(Sorry. Above should read "SHIPS bottoms". Also the word "but" misspelt. Sorry (again))
 
And inventor Master Argyris Stefanos of New York, N.Y. (his patent for an "electric bicycle" filed in 1946.)
http://www.google.ca/patents/US2457430

(Referenced in John Schnepf patent. An early kit to convert " existing conventional bicycles" with "fast charge" of new "improved" lead batteries via electric power from local gas/diseasal station. ("The quick charge apparatus now found at almost every automobile garage.")
 
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