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See full patent details here. Patent number: 658004 Filing date: Feb 7, 1900 Issue date: Sep 18, 1900 Further patent improvements include US747387, US787500, and US979447. Source: Popular Science September 1933 Some images located here. The Pedrail wheel Text from Wikipedia.   A pedrail wheel climbing stairs, February 7, 1904 The New York Times. The pedrail wheel is …

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The Louis Philip Perew "Electric Man", due to an often referenced article by "The Strand Magazine", is dated as 1900. Further, due to a popular site that mis-represents early walking machines and steam men, it is also referred to as "Automatic Man". I elect to present the full story as I understand it to be. …

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