Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William, Sir, bart · London Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 30
English Parliament which effectually killed automobile locomo-tion. It ordained that a man carrying a red flag by day, or ared lantern by night, must be kept a hundred yards in advanceof every automobile vehicle. The report of the Select Committee of the House ofCommons which was published in 1831… … Hancocks Steam Coach Era, 1833 roads, is one of the most important improvements in the means ofinternal communication ever introduced. Its practicability theyconsider to have been fully established ; its general adoption willtake place more or less rapidly, in proportion as the attention…
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