Axles, earliest forms of, 70 „ conical, 72 „ Collinge, 73 „ conditions necessary for perfection in, 76 „ faggoting, 71 „ mail, 72 „ setting, 78 „ welding steel, 76 Beading, metal, 99 Beech, 30 Birch, American, 31 Body, parts comprising, 40 „ its construction, 42 Bolts, various, 97 Brake retarders, 52 Britchka, 14 Brougham, first, 18 „ doctor’s, 27 Buggy, 146 Cab Phaeton, 18 Cant-board, 41 Carriage parts, 48 Carriage parts, framing together, 50 Carmine, 108 Carts in France, 145 C spring, 86 Centring square, 59 Chiaro-oscuro, 104 Chrome yellow, 107 Clips, 97 Coach of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 12 Coach operatives, 142 Colour, principles of, 102 Colours, 107 Colouring of the body, 116 „ carriage parts, 117 Combustion, principles of, 100 Complementary colours, 103 Compound colours, 108 Constructing a wheel, 57 Crests, to paint, 127 Curricle, 14 Deal, 31 Difficulty of making light carriage wheels, 60 Disadvantages in making wheels, 66 Directions for keeping carriage clean, 183 Dog-carts, 16 Door fall, 134 Double-elbow spring, 87 Double brougham, 140 Drawing instruments, 22 Draught, preparation of, 25 „ opinions on, 150 Droitska or Droskey, 18 Dropping of felloes, 61 Egyptian chariots, 4 Egyptians, and introduction of wheels, 3 Elliptic springs, 87 „ „ invention of, 13 „ „ weight of, 89 Elm, 30 Faggoting iron axles, 71 Felloes, number in a wheel, 56 Felloes, fitting, 60 „ connecting, 61 First carriages, 8 „ coach in England, 9 Filling up, 112 „ permanent wood, 113 Fitting hot iron to woodwork, 45 Flat tints, 104 Flying coach, 11 Fore axletree bed, 51 Fore-carriage light, 94 „ with open futchells, 95 „ for hard service, 95 Futchells, 51, 92 Gigs for travellers, 17 Glue, 46 „ waterproof, 47 Grinding colours, 119 Hackney coaches first used, 19 Hair, 33 Hansom cab, 20 Hardening springs, 83 Heraldic bearings, to paint, 127 Hobson’s improvements, 16 Hoops, 97 Hides, 31 Horse litter, 7 Indian red, 107 Indian coach-building, 155 Initial letters, to paint, 125 Invention, remarks on, 168 Iron, 33 „ weight of round, 80 „ „ square, 81 Jacks, 98 Japanners’ gold size, 110 Joints, 98 Lamps, 99 Landaus, 12, 28 Landaulets, 12, 13 Landau back, quarter, and fall, 133 Lancewood, 31 Leather, laying on, 14 „ parts, priming, 112 Length of front and hind axletree, 148 Leverage power of a wheel, 149 Lining and trimming, 132 Locking, the theory of, 91 Loops, 96 Machinery, 148 Mahogany, 30 Marking out the stuff, 43 McNeile’s patent wheel, 65