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 27
icfavour, and it went out of fashion about 1850. It was,however, adopted with great success by Italy and other con-tinental countries, where the roads are bad, and solidity ofconstruction is the first consideration. Dog-carts and Tandem-carts are too well known to needdescription. The former were… … Fig. 6.—Tilbury. though scarcely ever used for this purpose now, the originalplan has been pretty closely adhered to, except that the bootis considerably reduced and made to harmonise more withthe other parts. Some of the greatest improvements in the shape and styleof various vehicles were effected…
Horses · Carriages and carts · Carriage and wagon making
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