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English pleasure carriages : their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities: with an analysis of the construction of common roads and railroads, and the public vehicles used on them; together with descriptions of new inventions

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1837.
Call number: 277618
Creator: Adams, William Bridges (1797-1872)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 22 cm
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