Book Cover of The Cycle Industry

The Cycle Industry

by Walter Grew

From the velocipede to the motor cycle in twenty chapters. A short history of the British bicycle industry from its origins in a Coventry sewing machine factory in 1868 to its transformation into one of the countries most important industries. A reminder of the days when bicycles ruled the roads from the Pitman's Common Commodities and Industry Series.

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Lancashire Cover image

Lancashire by Francis Archibald Bruton

The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Steering clear...

The History of the Church of Christ: Century III Cover image

The History of the Church of Christ: Century III by Joseph Milner

The book covers the history of Christianity in the third century AD, a period marked by significant developments and controversies within the Church....

Chronicles of Canada Volume 31 - All Afloat: A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Cover image

Chronicles of Canada Volume 31 - All Afloat: A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by William Charles Henry Wood

No exhaustive Canadian 'water history' can possibly be attempted here. That would require a series of its own. But at least a first attempt will be ma...

Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them Cover image

Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them by Hereward Carrington

Instructions in how to develop your psychic powers including telepathy, clairvoyance, self-projection, reincarnation, and other topics. Seriously. "It...

Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine Cover image

Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman's *Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine* is a seminal work in Catholic theology. It explores the question of how Christian...

Essay on Criticism Cover image

Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism is a seminal work by Alexander Pope, published in 1711. It is a treatise on the principles of literary criticism, offering guida...

Future in America: A Search After Realities Cover image

Future in America: A Search After Realities by H. G. Wells

Published in 1906, "Future in America" is a collection of travel essays written by H.G. Wells during his visit to the United States. Wells, known for...

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister  Cover image

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister by Ulysses S. Grant

Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man and capable...

The Chronicles of America Volume 13 - The Fathers of the Constitution Cover image

The Chronicles of America Volume 13 - The Fathers of the Constitution by Max Farrand

Uncover the hidden secrets and pivotal decisions that shaped the very foundation of the United States in "The Fathers of the Constitution," Volume 13...

History of the Suez Canal Cover image

History of the Suez Canal by Ferdinand de Lesseps

This book is a firsthand account of the construction of the Suez Canal, presented as a lecture delivered by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the project's archit...

Reviews for The Cycle Industry

No reviews posted or approved, yet...