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A wagoner making wheels, axles and other parts for carriages and wagons. Woodcut by J. Amman.

An iron forge in which metal linings are being applied to the rims of wheels. Engraving by R. Bénard after Harguinier.

Men are working with mallets to fit the pieces together to make wheels. Engraving by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Men are working with picks and axes to make wheels for carriages and carts. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

A treatise on ploughs and wheel carriages, Illustrated by Plates, by James Small Plough and Cart Wright, formerly at Blackadder-Mount, now at Rose-Bank, near Foord, Mid Lothian.

The supplement to the Treatise on carriages: comprehending all the necessary repairs; the mode and terms for hiring; with Instructions, How to Preserve and Purchase all Kinds of Carriages and Harness Now in Use. Containing also other Useful Information Thereon; with the prices for every article annexed. By William Felton, Coachmaker, No. 36, Leather-Lane, Holborn.

A treatise on carriages. Comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskeys, &c. Together with their proper harness. In which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated. By William Felton, Coach-Maker, No. 36, Leather-Lane, Holborn.

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A wagoner making wheels, axles and other parts for carriages and wagons. Woodcut by J. Amman.

A treatise on ploughs and wheel carriages, Illustrated by Plates, by James Small Plough and Cart Wright, formerly at Blackadder-Mount, now at Rose-Bank, near Foord, Mid Lothian.

Men are working with mallets to fit the pieces together to make wheels. Engraving by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

A treatise on carriages. Comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskeys, &c. Together with their proper harness. In which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated. By William Felton, Coach-Maker, No. 36, Leather-Lane, Holborn.