Materials used in coach-building, 29 Mathematical instruments, 25 “Middling” springs, 83 Monograms, to paint, 123 Morocco, 32 Mortises in stock, 58 Nutcracker spring, 87 Oak, 30 Offord’s brougham, 151 Oil, its use as a lubricant, 74 „ linseed, 109 Omnibus, first, 21 Opposition to coaches, 10 Origin of word coach, 1 Ornamental painting, 123 Oxidation of iron, to prevent, 85 Painting, 102 Painting the coach, 110 Painting the carriage part, 115 Paint shop, 105 Panels, to bend, 44 Persian chariots, 5 Perches, 52 Plates, 97 Pompeian wheels, 6 Pony phaeton, 17 Priming, or “slushing,” 110 Principles of combustion, 100 Public carriages, 19 Putting on the tire, 61 Puttying, 113 Queen Elizabeth’s coach, 9 Raw umber, 108 Remarks on the trade, 142 Remarks on keeping carriages, 178 Roman chariots, 5 Rough stuff, 111 Rubbing down, 114 Rust, to guard against, 98 Sand-papering, 114 Scythian chariots, 5 Sedans, 10 Setting axles, 78 „ and tempering old springs, 86 Short and easy turning, 90 Shackles, 98 Side-cant, 41 Single-elbow spring, 87 Skins, 32 Skeleton boot, 153 Slushing, 110 Solid centre wheel, 65 Splinter-bar, rule for, 38 Spokes, driving in, 58 Springs, various substances used for, 82 „ their manufacture, 83 „ hardening, 83 „ middling, 83 „ setting, 84 „ spiral, 85 „ tempering, 83 Stanhope, 15 Stage coaches in 1755, 19 Stays, 97 Steel, 34 Steps, 98 Straining drawing paper, 23 Stock, improved form of, 69 Striping colours, 118 Sway-bar, 51 Tandem-carts, 16 Taste, observations on, 161 Telegraph spring, 87 Templates, or patterns, 43 Tempering springs, 83 Tenons on spokes, 58 „ „ opinions on, 59 Tilbury, 15 Timber, its seasoning, 39 Tire, putting on, 61 „ to take out imperfections in, 64 „ welding, 63 Training of apprentices on the Continent, 143 Treads, 98 Trimming doors, 135 „ general directions, 136 Turn-under, 41 Ultramarine blue, 108 Use of cars prohibited, 9 Varieties of springs, 86 Varnish, 110 Varnish, irregularities in, 120 Varnishing a body, 116 Verdigris, 108 Welding tire, 63 Welding steel axles, 76 Weight of elliptic springs, 89 „ round iron, 80 Weight of square iron, 81 Wheels, Pompeian, 6 „ advantages and disadvantages of dishing, 56 „ to construct, 57 „ dishing of, 36 „ early examples, 54 „ extreme sizes, 55 „ in seventeenth century, 55 „ height of, 35 „ size of hind, 56 Wheel-plates and fore-carriages, 90 Whip spring, 86 Wool, 33 THE END. PRINTED BY J. S. VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED, CITY ROAD, LONDON. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE