Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 338
or possibly millions of property destroyed.So the first swinging harness was invented: a har-ness contrived in such a way that, while alwaysattached to the engine or other apparatus, itcould be made to drop instantly on the horsesback and fasten there. This seemed to solvethe question, but there… … AN EARLY MODEL OF THE SWINGING HARNIiSS. The telegraph must be as nearly instantaneous as human in-genuity and brute intelligence together couldcontrive. In every fire-engine house in theUnited States to-day, therefore, we may seeand admire the quick horse, sleek-limbed,clear-eyed, with an alert,…
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