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 247
ivi-lized life. Then we have the spring van, in which thebody of the vehicle rests* on springs which intervene be-tween it and the axle. Of these there are many varieties.Lastly, we come to the private carriage, and vehicles of asimilarly elegant and commodious class, in which the 234 ANCIENT… … Hay-Wagon. Before entering further into the forms and uses ofmodern carriages, it will be desirable to cast a glance atthe structure and purposes of those of ancient date in themost civilized nations of the world of antiquity. In these,the Egyptian, the Grecian, and the Roman, there is ageneral…
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