Category: History - Other
Early Vehicles--Sledges--Solid Wheels--Egyptian Chariots--Early Vehicles Always had Two Horses--King Solomon’s Wedding Chariot--An Egyptian Mummy Wheel--Grecian Chariots--Vehicles of Ancient Rome--Scythian and Persian Cars--Funeral Car of Alexander the Great--War Chariot of An...
Writers on Carriages--Periodical Publications on Coaches--Tight Harnessing--Height of the Driver’s Seat--Cover to the Driver’s Seat--American Buggy--American Trotting Waggons--L...
10. CHAPTER IV.Mr Felton’s Opinions--Proper Strength of Carriages--Method of Construction--Usual Width of Coaches--The Perch--Great Height of Wheels in 1790--The Lord Chancellor’s Coach--The L...
8. CHAPTER II.Whirlicote of the Middle Ages--Charettes--Cars of the Middle Ages--Revival of Carriages--The first Coaches--The German Waggon--Ancient Saxon Waggon--The Horse Litter--The Old Co...
11. CHAPTER V.Travelling before A.D. 1600--Great Width of Waggon Wheels--Turnpike Roads--Post Saddle Horses--Hackneys--Stage Coaches--Hackney Coaches--Cheap Rate of Hire--The York Coach--The...
7. CHAPTER I.Early Vehicles--Sledges--Solid Wheels--Egyptian Chariots--Early Vehicles Always had Two Horses--King Solomon’s Wedding Chariot--An Egyptian Mummy Wheel--Grecian Chariots--Vehicl...
9. CHAPTER III.In Count Gozzadini’s work on Ancient Carriages there is an account of a State Coach which was built under the direction of an Italian at Brussels, for the ceremony of the marria...
6. CHAPTER VI.Writers on Carriages--Periodical Publications on Coaches--Tight Harnessing--Height of the Driver’s Seat--Cover to the Driver’s Seat--American Buggy--American Trotting Waggons--L...
4. CHAPTER IV.Mr Felton’s Opinions--Proper Strength of Carriages--Method of Construction--Usual Width of Coaches--The Perch--Great Height of Wheels in 1790--The Lord Chancellor’s Coach--The L...
2. CHAPTER II.Whirlicote of the Middle Ages--Charettes--Cars of the Middle Ages--Revival of Carriages--The First Coaches--The German Waggon--Ancient Saxon Waggon--The Horse Litter--The Old Co...
5. CHAPTER V.Travelling before A.D. 1600--Great Width of Waggon Wheels--Turnpike Roads--Post Saddle Horses--Hackneys--Stage Coaches--Hackney Coaches--Cheap Rate of Hire--The York Coach--The...
1. CHAPTER I.Early Vehicles--Sledges--Solid Wheels--Egyptian Chariots--Early Vehicles Always had Two Horses--King Solomon’s Wedding Chariot--An Egyptian Mummy Wheel--Grecian Chariots--Vehicl...
3. CHAPTER III.