Project Gutenberg 2014-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 289 Straus, Ralph 1882 1950 Forbes, Robert Erstone 13009767 Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution Carriages and Coaches: Their History and Their Evolution Produced by Chris Curnow, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution" by Ralph Straus is a detailed historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the development and evolution of wheeled vehicles, particularly focusing on carriages and coaches, from primitive designs to more sophisticated iterations utilized throughout history. It aims to provide a non-technical description, making it accessible to a general audience interested in the social history and engineering aspects of these transport mediums. At the start of the work, Straus sets the stage by discussing the origins of the wheel and early methods of transportation, including sledges. He explains how the discovery of the wheel transformed the way humans transported goods and people, marking a significant evolution in both technological and social contexts. The opening portion highlights the simplicity of early vehicles, with examples from various cultures, and begins to paint a picture of how these innovations laid the groundwork for the intricate and ornate carriages that would follow in centuries to come. This foundational context establishes both the engineering and historical significance of carriages as they evolved through different eras. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46216/46216-h/images/cover.jpg en Carriages and carts GT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 722522 722508 2024-09-19T10:16:29.922982 2023-09-20T06:32:30.498845 text/html text/html 684840 2014-07-07T13:13:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 1198080 2014-07-07T13:14:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1304766 2024-09-19T10:16:43.578826 application/epub+zip 1314565 2024-09-19T10:16:32.364873 application/epub+zip 328941 2024-09-19T10:16:31.098912 application/epub+zip 1545868 2024-09-19T10:16:51.140768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1482282 2024-09-19T10:16:42.230825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502497 2022-09-21T04:46:42.942068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540438 2024-09-19T10:16:27.513902 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 546228 2014-07-07T13:13:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 212401 2014-07-07T13:14:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 540062 2014-07-07T13:14:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 211058 2014-07-07T13:14:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 540066 2014-07-07T13:14:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 210924 2014-07-07T13:14:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21637 2024-09-19T10:16:51.299772 application/rdf+xml 24814 2024-09-19T10:16:31.319876 image/jpeg 3581 2024-09-19T10:16:31.207866 image/jpeg 1216625 2024-09-19T10:16:30.082889 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog