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 147
lSt. Fiacre, and were thence called fiacres. Othersfollowed Sauvage, and obtained licences for lettingcarriages by paying certain sums of money. Theappellation of Carosses de Kemise was given to 140 WICXEU CAERIAGE. those that were kept at the proprietors houses,and let out to hire for a certain… … flicker Carriage, Regulations were established by the police to securethe safety of public carriages, and marks affixedupon them by which they might be known. WICKER CAHRIAGE. 141 In England, fifty years ago, six miles an hourwas reckoned fair speed for a stage coach. InFrance, twenty years before…
Transportation · Carriages and carts
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