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  2. Horse-drawn vehicle - Wikipedia

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    One-horse shay: a light, covered, two-wheeled carriage for two persons, drawn by a single horse. Outside car: another name for jaunting car; Phaeton: a light-weight horse-drawn open carriage (usually with two seats); or an early-nineteenth-century sports car; A mid-19th-century engraving of a Phaeton, from a carriage builder's catalog

  3. Victoria (carriage) - Wikipedia

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    In a Grand Victoria, a collapsible backwards-facing seat behind the driver accommodates additional passengers; the Victoria-Hansom was a later form of hansom cab based on the Victoria. [2] The Ford Crown Victoria automobile takes its name from this horse-drawn carriage. It has been used as a generic term for light horse carriages in Mumbai.

  4. Jaunting car - Wikipedia

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    Outside jaunting car Ireland, c. 1890–1900. A jaunting car is a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, with a seat in front for the driver. In its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back, with the foot-boards projecting over the wheels and the typical conveyance for persons in Ireland at one time [1] (outside jaunting car).

  5. Hansom cab - Wikipedia

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    Hansom cab and driver in the 2004 movie Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, set in 1903 London Hansom cab, London, 1904 London Cabmen, 1877. The hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York.

  6. Surrey (carriage) - Wikipedia

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    The seats were traditional, spindle-backed (often upholstered), bench seats. Before the advent of automobiles, these were horse-drawn carriages . The name is short for "Surrey cart", named after Surrey in England, where they were first made.

  7. Cars replaced horses in the early 20th century - AOL

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  8. List of cars with non-standard door designs - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of cars with non-standard door designs, sorted by door type.These car models use passenger door designs other than the standard design, which is hinged at the front edge of the door, and swings away from the car horizontally and towards the front of the car.

  9. Here’s why airplane seats are actually facing the wrong way

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    The extra support from facing backward is the same reason why babies stay in rear-facing car seats for as long as possible, explains Dan Boland, the founder of holidayers.com, and an Airbus A350 ...