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 . horn, the fcroll, the worm, thefingle and double elbow, or grafshopper fpring,which are all fliaped according to the fituationin which they are to be placed. The fprings all fupport the weight at theirextremities, by means of loops or fliackles ; andtheir elafticity is only from the hoops, at whichpart the plates are all made thickeft, graduallytapering thinner to their extremities, and fliort-ening a
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 . horn, the fcroll, the worm, thefingle and double elbow, or grafshopper fpring,which are all fliaped according to the fituationin which they are to be placed. The fprings all fupport the weight at theirextremities, by means of loops or fliackles ; andtheir elafticity is only from the hoops, at whichpart the plates are all made thickeft, graduallytapering thinner to their extremities, and fliort-ening about four inches in each plate from thehoop, where the bearing for the fpring is that are placed in an ere6l form, areobliged to be fupported with iron flays, whichclip the fpring at the hoop ; thofe that are placedhorizontally are fupported from the middle, andplay their whole length ; thofe that are made ofa circular form have frequently no flays, but arewell fecured at the bearings. Short, light fprings,which contain but few plates, have frequently nohoops; but the plates are confined with a fmallrivet, and the bolts widi which the fpring is con-fined to its bearing. The I. SPRINGS. 73 The variety of fprings in ufe could not all bereprefented, nor the different values of themafcertained with accuracy. What is reprefentedin the plate will convey fufficient information ofthofe generally now in ufe. COACH AND CHARIOT SPRINGS. Fig. 1. The ufual form of fprings ufed to carrythe body of a coach or chariot. This is called anS fpring: it is made with a ftay <?, which is ri-veited within the hoop by and clips at bottom thefore or hind tranfom, and is there fixed by thisbolt c. and is fupported at the hoop by a ftay d^which refts on the hind axletree bed, or budget-bar ; a ftay e alfo clips or bolts through the fpringat bottom, and clips or unites in a cup with theother; to oppofe the preffure, it has a fhackleybolted loofcly on the top, for the weight to hang by- The d
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