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 68
ical wheels is thrown off awayfrom the carriage. The hind wheels of an ordinary carriage vary from 4 feet 3 inches to 4 feet 8 inches ; the fore wheels are from 3 feet 4 inches to 3 feet 8 inches. The number of felloes in eachcircumference varies according to the number of spokes,two spokes being… … The wheels should be made with a due regard to theoffices they have to fulfil; but we are inclined to think thatthis branch of the trade has not received that careful studywhich it deserves. Coach-makers seem in such a hurryto produce a perfect vehicleall at once, instead of be-ginning by improving…
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