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The Book of carriages; or, A short account of modes of conveyance, from the earliest periods to the present time (1853)

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) · London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 12

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emen; and some shall run before hischariots.—1 Sam. viii. 11. A kind of cart or drag, used by the Jews forthe purpose of threshing, is also mentioned inScripture. This was supported on low thick WAE-CHARIOT OF EGYPT. 5 wheels, bound with iron, which were rolled upand down on the sheaves to break… … Canaanites represented in existing paintings andsculpture, was a very light structure, consisting ofa wooden frame-work, strengthened and adornedwith metal and leather binding. The sides were b WAE-GHAEIOT OF EGYPT. partly, and the back wholly open; it was so low,that a man could easily step into…

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