INDEX.

Advantages of dishing wheels, [56]
American carriages, [144]
Argand lamp, [100]
Are they competent judges? 158
Ash timber, [29]
Axle-boxes, [69]
Axles, earliest forms of, [70]
„ conical, [72]
„ Collinge, [73]
„ conditions necessary for perfection in, [76]
„ faggoting, [71]
„ mail, [72]
„ setting, [78]
„ welding steel, [76]
Beading, metal, [99]
Beech, [30]
Birch, American, [31]
Body, parts comprising, [40]
„ its construction, [42]
Bolts, various, [97]
Brake retarders, [52]
Britchka, [14]
Brougham, first, [18]
„ doctor’s, [27]
Buggy, [146]
Cab Phaeton, [18]
Cant-board, [41]
Carriage parts, [48]
Carriage parts, framing together, [50]
Carmine, [108]
Carts in France, [145]
C spring, [86]
Centring square, [59]
Chiaro-oscuro, [104]
Chrome yellow, [107]
Clips, [97]
Coach of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, [12]
Coach operatives, [142]
Colour, principles of, [102]
Colours, [107]
Colouring of the body, [116]
„ carriage parts, [117]
Combustion, principles of, [100]
Complementary colours, [103]
Compound colours, [108]
Constructing a wheel, [57]
Crests, to paint, [127]
Curricle, [14]
Deal, [31]
Difficulty of making light carriage wheels, [60]
Disadvantages in making wheels, [66]
Directions for keeping carriage clean, [183]
Dog-carts, [16]
Door fall, [134]
Double-elbow spring, [87]
Double brougham, [140]
Drawing instruments, [22]
Draught, preparation of, [25]
„ opinions on, [150]
Droitska or Droskey, [18]
Dropping of felloes, [61]
Egyptian chariots, [4]
Egyptians, and introduction of wheels, [3]
Elliptic springs, [87]
„ „ invention of, [13]
„ „ weight of, [89]
Elm, [30]
Faggoting iron axles, [71]
Felloes, number in a wheel, [56]
Felloes, fitting, [60]
„ connecting, [61]
First carriages, [8]
„ coach in England, [9]
Filling up, [112]
„ permanent wood, [113]
Fitting hot iron to woodwork, [45]
Flat tints, [104]
Flying coach, [11]
Fore axletree bed, [51]
Fore-carriage light, [94]
„ with open futchells, [95]
„ for hard service, [95]
Futchells, [51], [92]
Gigs for travellers, [17]
Glue, [46]
„ waterproof, [47]
Grinding colours, [119]
Hackney coaches first used, [19]
Hair, [33]
Hansom cab, [20]
Hardening springs, [83]
Heraldic bearings, to paint, [127]
Hobson’s improvements, [16]
Hoops, [97]
Hides, [31]
Horse litter, [7]
Indian red, [107]
Indian coach-building, [155]
Initial letters, to paint, [125]
Invention, remarks on, [168]
Iron, [33]
„ weight of round, [80]
„ „ square, [81]
Jacks, [98]
Japanners’ gold size, [110]
Joints, [98]
Lamps, [99]
Landaus, [12], [28]
Landaulets, [12], [13]
Landau back, quarter, and fall, [133]
Lancewood, [31]
Leather, laying on, [14]
„ parts, priming, [112]
Length of front and hind axletree, [148]
Leverage power of a wheel, [149]
Lining and trimming, [132]
Locking, the theory of, [91]
Loops, [96]
Machinery, [148]
Mahogany, [30]
Marking out the stuff, [43]
McNeile’s patent wheel, [65]
Materials used in coach-building, [29]
Mathematical instruments, [25]
“Middling” springs, [83]
Monograms, to paint, [123]
Morocco, [32]
Mortises in stock, [58]
Nutcracker spring, [87]
Oak, [30]
Offord’s brougham, [151]
Oil, its use as a lubricant, [74]
„ linseed, [109]
Omnibus, first, [21]
Opposition to coaches, [10]
Origin of word coach, [1]
Ornamental painting, [123]
Oxidation of iron, to prevent, [85]
Painting, [102]
Painting the coach, [110]
Painting the carriage part, [115]
Paint shop, [105]
Panels, to bend, [44]
Persian chariots, [5]
Perches, [52]
Plates, [97]
Pompeian wheels, [6]
Pony phaeton, [17]
Priming, or “slushing,” [110]
Principles of combustion, [100]
Public carriages, [19]
Putting on the tire, [61]
Puttying, [113]
Queen Elizabeth’s coach, [9]
Raw umber, [108]
Remarks on the trade, [142]
Remarks on keeping carriages, [178]
Roman chariots, [5]
Rough stuff, [111]
Rubbing down, [114]
Rust, to guard against, [98]
Sand-papering, [114]
Scythian chariots, [5]
Sedans, [10]
Setting axles, [78]
„ and tempering old springs, [86]
Short and easy turning, [90]
Shackles, [98]
Side-cant, [41]
Single-elbow spring, [87]
Skins, [32]
Skeleton boot, [153]
Slushing, [110]
Solid centre wheel, [65]
Splinter-bar, rule for, [38]
Spokes, driving in, [58]
Springs, various substances used for, [82]
„ their manufacture, [83]
„ hardening, [83]
„ middling, [83]
„ setting, [84]
„ spiral, [85]
„ tempering, [83]
Stanhope, [15]
Stage coaches in 1755, [19]
Stays, [97]
Steel, [34]
Steps, [98]
Straining drawing paper, [23]
Stock, improved form of, [69]
Striping colours, [118]
Sway-bar, [51]
Tandem-carts, [16]
Taste, observations on, [161]
Telegraph spring, [87]
Templates, or patterns, [43]
Tempering springs, [83]
Tenons on spokes, [58]
„ „ opinions on, [59]
Tilbury, [15]
Timber, its seasoning, [39]
Tire, putting on, [61]
„ to take out imperfections in, [64]
„ welding, [63]
Training of apprentices on the Continent, [143]
Treads, [98]
Trimming doors, [135]
„ general directions, [136]
Turn-under, [41]
Ultramarine blue, [108]
Use of cars prohibited, [9]
Varieties of springs, [86]
Varnish, [110]
Varnish, irregularities in, [120]
Varnishing a body, [116]
Verdigris, [108]
Welding tire, [63]
Welding steel axles, [76]
Weight of elliptic springs, [89]
„ round iron, [80]
Weight of square iron, [81]
Wheels, Pompeian, [6]
„ advantages and disadvantages of dishing, [56]
„ to construct, [57]
„ dishing of, [36]
„ early examples, [54]
„ extreme sizes, [55]
„ in seventeenth century, [55]
„ height of, [35]
„ size of hind, [56]
Wheel-plates and fore-carriages, [90]
Whip spring, [86]
Wool, [33]

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