Figure 8. — Lucius D. Copeland and his steam bicycle of the mid-1 880's. 



Figure 9. — Photo, taken about 1888, showing Copeland at the controls of his 

 steam tricycle outside the Smithsonian Institution. Sandford Northrop, with 

 cane and derby, stands behind the small wheel. On the far right is J. Elfreth 

 Watkins, onetime curator of transportation and engineering of the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



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