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 . 12. WHEEL HOOPS. Fig. 31. It is very common to plate the hoopsof the wheels both at the back and fore end of thenave. The fore hoop is confiderably broaderthan the hind one; but the circumference be-ing lefs, its value is nearly equal. They aregreat ornaments to the carriage, and, with care,will laft two or three fets of wheels, accordingas they are plated. There are tvvo methodsof plating hoops, the
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 . 12. WHEEL HOOPS. Fig. 31. It is very common to plate the hoopsof the wheels both at the back and fore end of thenave. The fore hoop is confiderably broaderthan the hind one; but the circumference be-ing lefs, its value is nearly equal. They aregreat ornaments to the carriage, and, with care,will laft two or three fets of wheels, accordingas they are plated. There are tvvo methodsof plating hoops, the one to plate with filveron the iron, the fame as thefe laft articles, butgenerally are only cafed with the rolled platedmetal; they may be reckoned of three fizes,large fpr coach, middle for chariot, and fmall forpb«k^ton or chaife. N 2 PRICE i8o PLATED FURNITURE, &c. PRICE OF WHEEL HOOPS, PER PAIR. Coach. Chariot. Phaetonor Chaife. C ^- d. £ ^- d. C. s. d. Plated with filver on iron — 3 3 o z 11 6 220 rbeft 1 15 0 I 10 0 I 5 0 Cafed with plated metal I mid. I 10 0 I 5 0 1 0 0 I. infer. I 5 0 I 0 15 0 Compofition — — 220 III 0 1 8 0 Brafs I II 6 1 7 0 I 1 0 ^ CHAP. LAMPS. j8i CHAP. PLATE XVIII. LAMPS were originally ufed as neceflaryconveniencies to a carriage, but are nowprincipally ufed for ornament, for which they areas well calculated as any article are of various patterns, and are diftinguifh-ed by the name of the globe, the Italian, or ovallamp: the oval lamp is now the moft general inufe, and, like the globe, it cafts the light entire-ly forward: the Italian lamp does not refle£l foftrong a light forward, but gives a light all roundthem, which is convenient to palTengers in thecarriage. There have been fome few lampsufed of the patent principle for burning oil, butthe fmoke they create renders their ufe objeftion-able; the hard fpermaceti candle is the bell toburn. The lamps are frequently fmothered, orthe lights go out. f
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