The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 246
s and carriages of Chili, asdescribed by Mrs. Graham. The wheels have a doublefelly, or rim, placed so that the joints in the one arecovered by the entire parts of the other, and these arefastened together by strong wooden pins; the rest is allof firm wooden frame-work, bound with hide, which… … ^7a°cn cf Chi The next improvement for a vehicle is a contrivancefor breaking the violence of the concussion occasioned bythe motion of vehicles made of so many separate parts.One such contrivance is to have a seat for the travellerswung by cords, or straps, from the sides of the vehicle,instead of…
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