Excerpt from Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, 1835, Vol. 19: Devoted to the Mechanic Arts, Manufactures, General Science, and the Recording of American and Other Patented Inventions

But even allowing it to Operate, the undulating surface is increased in length by a quantity that exactly compensates for the reduction in the friction of the carriage.

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