...tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety. 5. That they are perfectly safe for passengers. 6....horses. 8. That as they admit of greater breadth of tyre than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses...

...Sixth. That they are not, or need not be, if properly constructed, a nuisance to the public. Seventh. That they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses. Eighth. That, as they have a greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not...

...Sixth. That they are not, or need not be, if properly constructed, a nuisance to the public. Seventh. That they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses. Eighth. That, as they have a greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not...

...safety ; that they are perfectly safe for passengers ; that they are not nuisances to the public ; that they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses," — it is sufficient to say that, in the month of September last, Sir Charles Dance's carriage, exclusive...

...the proprietors of steam carriages, and numerous men of science, reported that steam carriages would become "a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses." This prediction is by some thought to have failed; but what is the locomotive? it is a steam carriage,...