Did you know?The first steerable steer 1 v. steered, steer·ing, steers v.tr. 1. To guide by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or wheel. 2. a. To direct the course of. sled was the Flexible Flyer, invented by Samuel Leeds Allen Samuel Leeds Allen (1841-1918) was an American inventor and industrialist, whose most famous invention was the Flexible Flyer, the world's first steerable runner sled. His revolutionary sled was first developed and tested in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania but many throughout the in the 1860s in Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. , Pa. The same basic design can still be bought today under the same name. Source: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
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