The Book of carriages; or, A short account of modes of conveyance, from the earliest periods to the present time (1853)
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eremployed, and from such sledges Goguet ingeni-ously traces the origin of wheel carriages. Theuse of rollers, he remarks, must also have beenan early discovery, and when men had both theseinventions, they began to reflect that if they couldjoin the sledge to the rollers^ without impeding B SYRIAN… … wood; but from the machine thus constructed stillrequiring a great expenditure of animal labour,particularly when heavily laden, fresh improve-ments were from time to time suggested, until thewheel, with its spokes, naves, and felloes, cameinto existence. EARLY WHEEL-CAREIAGES. B In the improvement…
Transportation · Carriages and carts
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