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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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LANDAU BODY. 23 partial to thofe carriages ; for the information ofwhom, therefore, an exa6t reprefentation of themis here exhibited. The difference, except in theadditional ftrength of timbers, is only from themiddle rails upward, to which height the doorsonly open ; but as miftakes might frequently hap-pen by attempting to open the doors with theglafs or fhutters up, it is ufual to add a fpring-bolt on that fide of the door which fhuts : fo thatwhen either the glafs or fliiitter is up, it cannotpoflibly be opened. PLATE III. LANDAU BODY. Fig. 1, 2, and 3, the front, fide, and backviews of a landau; the front part fliewing thehead when fixed, and the back (hewing it whendown, with the iron-work on, and the ufual me-thod of framing thefc forts of bodies. The wood-work is defcribed on the plates by capitals, theiron-work by fmall letters. A. The (landing pillar, which, above the.joint,forms the door and ftanding pillar in one folidpiece, and framed in the top rails, to which thefixture

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