Excerpt from Driving As has been the case In later days with the bicycle and the automobile, the introduction of coaches in England produced much adverse argument, and many vigorous diatribes were directed against them as tending to obstruct the necessarily narrow ways, to impede traffic and to endanger foot passengers; and the same objections were made to them in America. Still, carriages were in use here as early as 1685, though very rarely, and it is said that as late as 1 772 only thirty-eight private carriages were ...
Read More
Excerpt from Driving As has been the case In later days with the bicycle and the automobile, the introduction of coaches in England produced much adverse argument, and many vigorous diatribes were directed against them as tending to obstruct the necessarily narrow ways, to impede traffic and to endanger foot passengers; and the same objections were made to them in America. Still, carriages were in use here as early as 1685, though very rarely, and it is said that as late as 1 772 only thirty-eight private carriages were owned and rarely used - in Philadelphia. The testimony of a traveller (english) in Boston in 1740 was to the effect that chaises and saddle hacks (the saddle animals being all pacers) were plenty; carriages very rare; and that draught labour was mostly performed by oxen. The type Of carriage then in use was rather on the lines of the modern rockaway, holding from six to twelve people on its three or four seats, and entered only from the front by clambering upon the shafts or the splinter-bar and thence crawling over and under the other passengers to one's seat. The calash, the whisky, the chaise, the curricle (the forefathers Of the buggy) were all in use; while the chariot and the coach (on what is now called concord lines) were the favourite four-wheeled vehicles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Read Less
Add this copy of Driving (Classic Reprint) to cart. $24.26, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of Driving Classic Reprint to cart. $25.47, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of Driving (Classic Reprint) to cart. $35.71, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of Driving (Classic Reprint) to cart. $52.17, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of Driving (Classic Reprint) to cart. $63.23, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of Driving (Classic Reprint) to cart. $85.07, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Forgotten Books.
