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Fly: A horse-drawn public coach or delivery wagon, especially one let out for hire. Four-in-hand coach; Gharry: A horse-drawn cab especially used in India. Gig (carriage): A light, two-wheeled sprung cart pulled by one horse. Gladstone; Governess cart: a sprung cart with two inward-facing benches, high sides and entry at the back. The upper ...
The original design of the self-propelled cart (Codex Atlanticus, f.812 r) [1] Leonardo's self-propelled cart is an invention designed by Leonardo da Vinci, considered the ancestor of the modern automobile.
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A horse harness is a device that connects a horse to a horse-drawn vehicle or another type of load to pull. There are two main designs of horse harness: (1) the breast collar or breaststrap, and (2) the full collar or collar-and-hames. For pulling heavy loads, a full collar is required because it distributes pressure over a larger area of the ...
The cart was also relatively safe, being difficult to either fall from, overturn, or to injure oneself with either the horse or wheels. The governess cart was a relatively late development in horse-drawn vehicles, appearing around 1900 as a substitute for the dogcart. These were a similar light cart, but their high exposed seats had a poor ...
One of the last postal horse cart drivers in our region was Harold Van Horne, who joined the post office and drove horse cart in Spokane starting 1936. Van Horne was also a businessman and later ...
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The cart has two wheels and is primarily handmade out of wood with iron metal components. Carts called "Carretti da Lavoro" (carts for work) are used for hauling miscellaneous light loads such as produce, wood, wine, and people, and "Carretti da Gara" are carts for festive occasions such as weddings and parades.