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 . within or betweenthofe fizes may eafily be afcertained hereby: butif any of the platform-budgets are made withwood fides, inftead of iron frames covered withleather, as the fmall boots frequently are, thenone-fourth may be dedu6ted from their value. i CHAP. ua PLATFORMS, &c. CHAP. VII. PLATFORMS, or RAISED HIND andFORE ENDS, and BLOCKS. THOSE platforms, raifers, or blocks, arcadded to a caruage^ eithe
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 . within or betweenthofe fizes may eafily be afcertained hereby: butif any of the platform-budgets are made withwood fides, inftead of iron frames covered withleather, as the fmall boots frequently are, thenone-fourth may be dedu6ted from their value. i CHAP. ua PLATFORMS, &c. CHAP. VII. PLATFORMS, or RAISED HIND andFORE ENDS, and BLOCKS. THOSE platforms, raifers, or blocks, arcadded to a caruage^ either as matter ofneceffity or appearance, but moltly for appear-ance, being generally ornamented with carvingin different degrees; their ufe is to elevate andfupport the budget, boot, hind foot-board, andfprings; they are generally placed on the fideof the carriage, and relieve the infide framingsfrom being obfcured by the platforms, as theyare lightened and moulded, and give to the car-riage a more airy appearance : being of variousdefigns, they are all omitted from the formercharge of the naked carriages as ftated, fo thatany defcription may be ^dded according to fancy* SECT. PLsteXUL.
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