# A practical treatise on coach-building historical and descriptive

Author: Burgess, James W.

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72016

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+practical+treatise+on+coach-building+historical+and+descriptive+Burgess&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The origin of the word coach has not yet been accurately determined. Menage says it is taken from the Latin _vehiculum_, which most people will take the liberty of doubting; Wachten, from the German _kutten_, to cover; Lye, from the Belgic _koetsen_, to lie along, or, as it really means, a couch or chair; it has also been tried to prove that the word is of Hungarian origin, and that it took its name from _Kotsee_, the old name of the province of Wiesellung, where various kinds of carriages were made; and in Beckmann’s “History of Inventions” it is mentioned that “when the Archbishop received certain intelligence that the Turks had entered Hungary, not contented with informing the king by...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.—POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE COMMENCING](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-practical-treatise-on-coach-building-historical-and-descriptive-72016/chapters/1/index.md)