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Some brief remarks upon Mr. Jacob's treatise on wheel-carriages. Containing Chap. I. The Sample. II The Magic-Levers. III. Vis Inertiae. IV. Great Stones. V. The Imaginary Draught-Line. VI. The Challenge. By Daniel Bourn. Reader, I should not have taken the Pains to write an Answer to Mr. Jacob's Treatise, had it not been manifestly calculated to mislead the Publick with Respect to the Principles and Utility of Rolling Carriages, which are, at present, on the Eve of being introduced, and duly encouraged.
Bourn, Daniel.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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A plain and complete equipage for an officer in the army, the cheapest, the most commodious, and the most easy to be carried upon horses, according to the Viscount de Vaux's plan. Made and sold by John Folcham & Son, ... London.
John Folcham & Son (London, England)Date: [1800?]- Pictures
A coach and horses have become stuck in the snow. Wood engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 36721i- Books
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A guide to stage coaches, diligences, waggons, carts, coasting vessels, barges, and boats, which carry passengers and merchandise from London to the different towns in Great Britain. Describing the Number of Miles to each Town, with the Fares to be paid, and the Days and Hours when the Carriages set out from the Inns, &c. in and near London. With an Account of the several Wharfs, Keys, and Stairs, where Goods and Passengers, are usually received, and conveyed in Vessels, Barges, or Boats, to the different Parts of the Kingdom. Also, the Rates paid to Carmen for the Carriage of Goods, together with their Orders and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at the Guildhall, London. The Whole useful to Gentlemen, and designed as an Assistant to Warehousemen and Shopkeepers, who send Bales of Parcels into the Country. To this edition are now added, the rates of hackney-coachmen, chairman, and watermen.
Date: 1780- Books
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A guide to stage coaches, diligences, waggons, carts, coasting vessels, barges, and boats, which carry passengers and merchandise from London to the different towns in Great Britain. Describing The Number of Miles to each Town, and the Days and Hours when the Carriages set out from the Inns, &c. in and near London. With an account of The several Wharfs, Keys, and Stairs, where Goods and Passengers are usually received, and conveyed in Vessels, Barges, or Boats, to the different Parts of the Kingdom. Also, The Rates paid to Carmen for the Carriage of Goods: Together with their Orders and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at the Guildhall, London. The Whole useful to Gentlemen, and designed as an Assistant to Warehousemen and Shopkeepers, who send Bales or Parcels into the Country. To this edition are now added, the rates of hackney coaches, chairman, and waterman.
Date: [1784]- Books
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A Guide to stage coaches, diligences, waggons, carts, coasting vessels, barges, and boats, which carry passengers and merchandise from London to the different towns in Great Britain. Describing the number of miles to each town, with the fares to be paid, and the days and hours when the carriages set out from the Inns, &c. in and near London. With an account of the several wharfs, keys, and stairs, where goods and passengers are usually received, and conveyed in vessels, barges, or boats, to the different parts of the kingdom. Also, the rates paid to carmen for the carriage of goods:- together with their orders and ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at the Guildhall, London. The whole useful to gentlemen, and designed as an assistant to warehousemen and shopkeepers, who send bales or parcels into the country. To this edition are now added, the rates of hackney coaches, chairmen, and watermen.
Date: 1781- Pictures
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A storm in a wild and rocky landscape: lightning flashes while a man drives a a coach and four hourses through the darkness. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds the elder after G. Morland, 1798.
Morland, George, 1763-1804.Date: Feb.y 1798Reference: 2907993i- Pictures
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A timber bending machine (below), various pincers, vices, and bits [?] (above). Engraving by J. Rapkin.
Reference: 41149i- Books
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All sorts of wheel-carriage, improved. Wherein it is plainly made appear, that a much less than the usual draught of horses, &c. will be requir'd, in Waggons, Carts, Coaches, and all other Wheel Vehicles, as likewise all Water-Mills, Wind-Mills and Horse-Mills. This Method being found good in Practice, by the trial of a Coach and Cart already made, shews of what great Advantage it may be to all Farmers, Carriers, Masons, Miners, &c. and to the Publick in general, by saving them one half of the Expences they are now at in the Draught of these Vehicles, according to the common Method. The whole illustrated with Copper Plates. And an Explanation of the Structure of a Coach and Cart, according to this Method, By Jacob Rowe, Esq;
Rowe, Jacob.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Pictures
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The Natural History Museum, South Kensington: plan, above, and the street elevation, below. Photo-lithograph after M. B. Adams, 1879, after A. Waterhouse.
Date: 1879Reference: 38588i- Books
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A description of the rolling carts, as built by James Sharp, of Leadenhall-Street, London.
Sharp, James, -1783.Date: 1780?]- Books
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Description du camion prysmatique de Mr. de Perronet, premier ingénieur des ponts & chaussées de France, suivie de la description d'un chariot circulaire, proposé par Mr. Le Turc, Prof. of Military Sciences, the French Language, and Geography.
Le Turc, Monsieur.Date: M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]- Pictures
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A carriage in Scotland has broken sending the occupants flying in all directions. Etching after J. Gillray, 1805.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1810-1819Reference: 37235i- Pictures
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Woodmen driving an ox-cart carrying baulks of timber. Etching by F. Bracquemond after A. DuBuisson.
Dubuisson, Alexandre, 1805-1870.Date: 1857Reference: 485638i- Pictures
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Design for museums at south Kensington. Wood engraving by J. S. Heaviside after B. Sly after R. Kerr, 1864.
Date: 25 June 1864Reference: 38585i- Pictures
A mail-coach, struggling through snow-bound roads, contrasted with a mail-train, unhindered by the bad weather. Wood engraving by E. Evans, 1853.
Date: 1853Reference: 473338i- Pictures
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One country doctor asks another to assist him in a post mortem on the corpse of one of his successfully-treated patients. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Date: 1883Reference: 14282i- Pictures
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A man resting his ox and cart under a tree along with other carriage bearers. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 575303i- Pictures
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A carriage made for Frederick Prince of Wales. Engraving.
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A tooth-drawer extracting a man's tooth and another tooth-drawer extracting a tooth in a carriage. Drypoint.
Reference: 16762i- Books
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Some short remarks on a late act for licensing and regulating hackney-coaches, &c. Together with some modest animadversions on the manner of putting the same in execution. ...
S. B.Date: between 1693 and 1711?]- Pictures
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Malaya: Chinese merchants and carriages outside their club house on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885.Date: 1881Reference: 32303iPart of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.- Books
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A guide to stage coaches, mails, diligences, waggons, carts, coasting vessels barges and boats, which carry passengers and merchandize from London, Westminster and Southwark, to the various towns in Great Britain; Describing The Number of Miles to and Market Days of each Place. With the Periods when the Carriages set out from the Inns, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs; Also AN Account Of The several Wharfs, Quays and Stairs, from whence Goods and Passengers are conveyed in Coasting Vessels, Barges or Boats, to different Parts of both Kingdoms. To Which IS Subjoined, An Alphabetical List of the Proprietors of all the Waggons; likewise the rates paid to carmen; Together with their Order and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen. The Whole useful to Gentlemen, As well as an Assistant to Merchants, Warehousemen and Shopkeepers.
Date: [1789]- Pictures
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The Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, Bromley-by-Bow: the street facade. Wood engraving, (c.1870?).
Date: 1870Reference: 38694i- Pictures
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A saddler's and coach-builder's establishment, in a cobbled mews in Paris (?). Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Reference: 490405i