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 . ree may beplaced nearly on an equihbrium ; lo that, whenthe pailengers are in the body, the weight maynot exceed 3olb. on the back of the horfe ; ob-ferving alfo to have room at the flcp, fo as notto be obftruSed by the wheel on entering thecarriaire. o The variety of thofc two-wheeled carriagescan be underftood bqtter by the reprcfentationgjvcn on the plate than by defcription, as theyare^11 fimilar
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 . ree may beplaced nearly on an equihbrium ; lo that, whenthe pailengers are in the body, the weight maynot exceed 3olb. on the back of the horfe ; ob-ferving alfo to have room at the flcp, fo as notto be obftruSed by the wheel on entering thecarriaire. o The variety of thofc two-wheeled carriagescan be underftood bqtter by the reprcfentationgjvcn on the plate than by defcription, as theyare^11 fimilar in their conftru6lion, though verydifferent in their ufe : but, compared to otherforts of carriages^ they are very fimple. Thematerials of which they are compofed are butfew, and their purpofes nearly the fame in each ;fo that one defcription, affifted with the generalreprcfentation in the plate, will furnifh every in-,formation nccelfary on that fubjed. PLATE VII. Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, The fide and topviews of a curricle, gig, and whifkey carriagejbeing the three moft generally in ufe. Fig. 1 and 2, The fide and half-top reprefcn-liiiion of a curricle carriage^ framed wide an4 long,. .^ •V
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