Identifier: treatiseoncarria01felt (find matches)
Title: A treatise on carriages : comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskies, &c. : together with their proper harness, in which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated
Year: 1796 (1790s)
Authors: Felton, William Debrett, John, d. 1822
Subjects: Carriage and wagon making Carriages and carts
Publisher: London : Printed for and sold by the author, and by J. Debrett ... (and 5 others)
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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ufed. Inches wide. 2t 63 02 62 611 If Strong for heavy travelling bodies — Common fi7,e 4 o Light for phaetons • j3 6 Single ftripes of leather — 2 o The meafure to be taken from the bridge ofthe buckle to the point of the ftrap. The lengths of coach and chariot braces arenearly the fame with each other, which, in gene-ral, meafure about four feet; fo that, including P 3 the 214 PRICE OF BRACES, &c. the buckles with the braces, the ufual pricescharged for common braces are. Main braces, with plated buckles, the fetCheck braces, with ditto, the fet — A pair of fafe braces, with fixtures —Crofs ditto, the pair — — Single collar braces, with iron buckles, the pair ■ — Double ditto, ditto — French pole-pieces, with polifhed buckles, the pair — Englifh ditto A fet of point-ftraps and plated buckles for main braces — — £■ Coach. 4 12 47 12 6o Chariot. £• s. d.3 13 O 12 3 13 o 7 O 12 O 0 15 O 1 4 oo 18 o For Price of Cradles, fee page 131. CHAP i 1 ale XXJ
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TRAVELLING CONVENIENCIES. 215 CHAP. XVII.TRAVELLING CONVENIENCIES. PLATE XXI. THERE are many conveniencies ufed withcarriages, but more efpecially with thofefor travelHng, that are not manufaftured, butonly fold and fitted by the coachmakers; theprincipal of which are, trunks, imperials, capand hat boxes of various defcriptions; thofethings are ufually made of boards, covered withleather of two or three forts, in which there is amaterial difference : the beft leather is the oxhide, called neats leather ; but horfe hides aremoft frequently ufed, and are fufficiently goodfor the purpofe : but an inferior leather is oftenfubftituted, which is not of one-fourth the valueof the horfe-leather, though often impofed for it—this is Iheep-flcin, commonly called bazil lea-ther, which is of fo flender a texture, that it tearsalmoft like paper. For many light purpofes,fheep-fkin covered trunks will anfwer in place ofa better leather, and a material faving of expencewill be made. P 4 SECT. 2i6 TR

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