The Traveller's Oracle, Or, Maxims for Locomotion: Containing Precepts for Promoting the Pleasures and Hints for Preserving the Health of Travellers : Part II : Comprising the Horse and Carriage Keeper's Oracle : Rules for Purchasing and Keeping Or Jobbing Horses and Carriages; Estimates of Expenses Occasioned Thereby; and an Easy Plan for Ascertaining Every Hackney-coach Fare, Volume 2Henry Colburn, 1827 |
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Page 53
... following lines in your Contract for Building : —also , that “ after the Carriage has been out about two or three months , and the Varnish has got thoroughly dry , the Builder shall Polish it free of further ESTIMATE NO . IX . 53.
... following lines in your Contract for Building : —also , that “ after the Carriage has been out about two or three months , and the Varnish has got thoroughly dry , the Builder shall Polish it free of further ESTIMATE NO . IX . 53.
Page 54
... Varnish is not then sufficiently hardened , See Cautions on Building Carriages , at p . 65 et seq . of this Work . TO JOB OR HIRE A CARRIAGE Is the most convenient and cheapest way of proceeding . Carriages are usually hired for such a ...
... Varnish is not then sufficiently hardened , See Cautions on Building Carriages , at p . 65 et seq . of this Work . TO JOB OR HIRE A CARRIAGE Is the most convenient and cheapest way of proceeding . Carriages are usually hired for such a ...
Page 73
... Varnishing will sometimes do almost as well as New Painting . 1 I am told that the best Colour for Wear is Midgley's Chrome Yellow . In consequence of the vivid brilliancy of this pigment , in all the variety of its shades , from the ...
... Varnishing will sometimes do almost as well as New Painting . 1 I am told that the best Colour for Wear is Midgley's Chrome Yellow . In consequence of the vivid brilliancy of this pigment , in all the variety of its shades , from the ...
Page 104
... Varnish and Paint contiguous to the moulding - which , for this reason , had better be painted black , or of the same colour as the Body . The Key - hole of the Lock on the Carriage Door is sometimes of Brass , or Plated , and covered ...
... Varnish and Paint contiguous to the moulding - which , for this reason , had better be painted black , or of the same colour as the Body . The Key - hole of the Lock on the Carriage Door is sometimes of Brass , or Plated , and covered ...
Page 105
... Varnish and Paint is carried away , and in the same propor- tion that those Metallic additions are kept bright , the Body becomes blemished . For this reason , we recommend the Accommodation Han- dles , if any are fixed , ( the Body ...
... Varnish and Paint is carried away , and in the same propor- tion that those Metallic additions are kept bright , the Body becomes blemished . For this reason , we recommend the Accommodation Han- dles , if any are fixed , ( the Body ...
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