1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class VI.: G. Parsons
1410. PARSONS, GEORGE, Martock, Somerset.
Patent wheels, specially adapted for common roads in tropical or other climates.
These wheels possess in themselves every advantage that belongs to wood and iron, besides the mechanical improvements protected by Letters Patent. The iron spokes are cast in the nave, and therefore, cannot, like wood, split and decay. The felloes are of wood, as the periphery or rim of cast wheels chips and cracks; but mortice-holes are dispensed with, as the spokes are let in with a small auger. A worm is turned on the end of each spoke, to receive a boss or nut, which is screwed up to the felloe to equalise the bearing and render fretting impossible. If the felloes loosen from shrinking in extremely dry weather, a turn of these nuts will make them again perfectly fast. These wheels are shod with whole bonds, or, if preferred, with streaks, in the usual way. The best materials are introduced, and each part is fitted and turned with mechanical accuracy.
Prices, and further particulars may be learned by applying at the Works.