A practical treatise on coach-building, historical and descriptive : containing full information on the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c. (1881)
Burgess, James W · London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. · leaf 17
from the original in the Vatican. Herodotus (450 b.c.) mentions that the Scythians used avehicle which consisted of a rough platform upon wheels,on which was placed a covering like a^ beehive, composed ofbasket work and covered with skins. When they pitchedanywhere these huts were taken off, and… … Fig. 4.—Scythian Chariot. to have been to form a sort of turret on the car to protectthe warriors in action. These vehicles were provided withcurved blades, like scythes, which projected from the axle-trees, for the purpose of maiming the enemy as they drovethrough them. At the period of the…
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