Omnibuses and cabs : their origin and history (1902)
Moore, Henry Charles · London : Chapman & Hall, ld. · leaf 236
thewhole of the body, passing over and under it.The driver sat on a small seat on the top atthe front. The doors were also at the front, oneon each side of the cal^bys feet. The wheelswere seven feet six inches in height—a trifle taller 216 Hansouis Cab 217 than the vehicle itself—and were attached… … THE FIRST HANSOM. towns and villages through which he passed, andto the amusement of the stage-coach drivers andwao-o-oners whom he met on the road. Mr.Hansom, who was financed by Mr. WilliamBoulnois, the inventor of the back-door cab. 2i8 Omnibuses and Cabs also registered another cab, the body of…
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