. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLECTION. 109 Model of American Stage Coach. (Scale 1: 6.) Made in the Museum. The stage coach, a vehicle for fast overland travel and mail con- veyance, often in connection with steamboat lines, was in general use throughout the United States from the beginning of the nineteenth century until railway systems, extending into new territory, accom- modated the travel. Through the agency of competing transporta- tion lines the speed of the American horse for stages of eight or ten miles was materially i
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLECTION. 109 Model of American Stage Coach. (Scale 1: 6.) Made in the Museum. The stage coach, a vehicle for fast overland travel and mail con- veyance, often in connection with steamboat lines, was in general use throughout the United States from the beginning of the nineteenth century until railway systems, extending into new territory, accom- modated the travel. Through the agency of competing transporta- tion lines the speed of the American horse for stages of eight or ten miles was materially increased. Four strong wheels, with iron tires and wooden spokes varying in number according to the dictum of local wheelwrights, were attached to strong and light running gears, differing in design and method of attaching springs and bracing. Cat. No. 180,055 FIG. 51. OVERLAND STAGE COACIIj 1800. Model of Red River Cart, 1882. (Scale 1:6.) Made in the Museum. According to Robinson's " Great Fur Land," published in 1872, " the only tools necessary not only to mend but to construct a [Red River] cart, are an ax, a saw, and an auger; with these the half- breed is independent. Huge trains of these vehicles are used for freighting over the northern ; The wheels of twelve spokes are very much " ; Rawhide is used in place of metal in strengthening the joints of the rims and hubs. Cat. No. 181,309 Model of An Automobile Truck, 1921. (Scale, One-fourth Actual Size.) Made and Presented by The Autocar Co. The indispensability of the automobile truck to modern civiliza- tion has been demonstrated again and again, and more definitely. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. o
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