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 256
bar about sixinches hio-h. These vehicles, which are hired as publicconveyances, as well as being the form of private vehicles,are described by English travellers as being very unsafeand disagreeable. A very different looking vehicle, and one extremelylight and pleasant is the Cariole of Sweden and… … Norwegian Cnriole. light wheels upon two cross-bars of wood, morticed in theshafts; they are sometimes with iron springs, but theirconstruction is so light and elastic, that wooden springsare found very pleasant and convenient. They are madein such a simple manner that, if any accident happen onthe…
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