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Identifier: treatiseoncarria01felt (find matches)
Title: A treatise on carriages : comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskies, &c. : together with their proper harness, in which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated
Year: 1796 (1790s)
Authors: Felton, William Debrett, John, d. 1822
Subjects: Carriage and wagon making Carriages and carts
Publisher: London : Printed for and sold by the author, and by J. Debrett ... (and 5 others)
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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Fig. 1, 2 and 3, The front, back, and fideview of a gig body, in the framing only.

• A. The bottom fide, in which is framed thepillars and brackets.
• B. The corner pillars, left with a fwell toftrengthen and fupport the loop by which thebody hangs, tenoned in the top or elbow rails,and bottom fide.
• C. The fore pillar, tenoned in the bottomfide, and lapped in the elbow rails.
• D. The Handing pillar, tenoned in the bottomlide and elbow rails.
• E. The elbow^ rails, morticed on the corner andHanding pillar, and lapped on the fore pillar; onthefe rails the wings and head are fixed to the fide.
• F. The back rail, tenoned in the corner pillar,and lapped on the elbow rail, to which it is fcrew-ed : on this the pannel brads, and the back of thehead is fixed.
• G. The front and back feat rails, fcrewed onthe corner pillar, and tenoned in the Handingpillar.
• H. The bottom bars, tenoned in the bottomlide: the pannel brads on the hind one, and thefoot-board laps on the fore one, to which it isfcrewed. /. The fhiu- V
  

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T H E G I G B O D Y.

• I. The brackets, tenoned in the ends of thebottom fides : their ufe is to fiipport the foot-board, in which it is grooved, and fere wed fromthe outfide.
• K. The foot-board, fixed in the brackets andon the bottom bar.
• L. The flats and hoop-fticks, or the timber-work for a fquare head to fupport the leather.The fide-pieces are called flats, which are feparat-cd and fixed by iron-work, and hung on a centrepin, or bolt, to the elbow-rails. The top orroof pieces are called hoop-fticks, which are lap-ped, nailed, and fecurely canvafled to the flats,and are placed at proper diflances from eachother, by means of ftrong Manchefter tape, call-ed girth-webbing, which is nailed to the backrails and to each hoop-flick. On the outfides ofthe front and third flat, the fixtures or props fortlie joints are fcrewed, by means of which thehead is put up or let down.
• M, The round or waggon-fliaped head, thehoop-fticks and flats of which are more curved,are lapped in each other, fcrewed and canvassed firmly together: their use and manner of operations exactly the same as the square heads of which this is, at present, takes the precedence in point of fashion.
• N. The sword case, made the same as the one described in Plate 1
  

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