A treatise on carriages : comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskies, &c: together with their proper harness, in which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated . ards the front are fecuredwith a double angle, fo that, when fhut, theyfhall not fhift from each other. C. The expanding timbers, or hoops, whichfupport the leather, are fixed to the neck-plates,and fupported by a ftrong Manchefter tape, call-ed web: the front and back hoop-fticks are form-ed of the front and back top-rails : there are fourhoop-fticks to the middle, or over the door-lights, fixed on t
A treatise on carriages : comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskies, &c: together with their proper harness, in which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated . ards the front are fecuredwith a double angle, fo that, when fhut, theyfhall not fhift from each other. C. The expanding timbers, or hoops, whichfupport the leather, are fixed to the neck-plates,and fupported by a ftrong Manchefter tape, call-ed web: the front and back hoop-fticks are form-ed of the front and back top-rails : there are fourhoop-fticks to the middle, or over the door-lights, fixed on the top-rails, two of which uniteat the opening joints, on which the fafteners arefixed, to confine the head when up. D. The front-light pillars, which fall with thereft of the fore-end, jointed as defcribed. a. The iron-joints, which are moftly platedwith filver, and fixed on props. h. The neck-plates, by which the head is fixedup or let down, firmly fcrewed to the flats, andby which the hoops expand. c. The ftay, which ftrengthens the fide of thebody againft the ftrain of the joint. d. The plates fixed acrofs the joints of theelbow-rails and pillars, to ftrengthem them. LANDAULET, IMatrU. LANDAULET BODY. iz LANDAULET, OR DEMI-LANDAU BODY. THE difference of this body from that of theiaridau is very fimple: it has no divifion on theroof, but opens all from the fore part, and throws^down behind; whereas the other has two, andopens nearly in the middle of the roof. Theiifual method of opening thefe landaulet bodies,is to throw up the roof from the front, and toturn it backwards, throwing the front part for-wards ; but in this cafe, t^ie lamps muft alwaysbe taken off, and laid by. A better method is to fix the joint on the top,inftcad of the middle of the fore pillar, and toturn it up on the infide of the top-cafe rails,which it turns back upon, and falls with the roof,preferving the lamps undiflurbed, ?s reprefentedin the plate. The defcription the former chapter explains what fur
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