being incorporated. Given this, the tricycle offered a better platform to add an engine to than a bicycle. The addition of engines to tricycles was covered in a motor supplemenet to Cycling magazine in 1899, from which the following are taken :

* De Dion Bouton motor tricycle, France - 2.25 HP De Dion Bouton engine, electric ignition.
* Humber 'Beeston' motor tricycle, Beeston, UK - De Dion Bouton engine of 1.75 or 2.25 HP. Electric ignition.