Coaching Days and Ways

Coaching Days and Ways

Coaching Days & WaysThe many boons conferred by Mr. John Palmer upon his generation faded before the...
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Author: Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom),1862-1941
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Language: English
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Coaching Days and Ways

Coaching Days and Ways

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Coaching Days and Ways

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Author: Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom),1862-1941
Format: eBook
Language: English

Coaching Days & Ways

The many boons conferred by Mr. John Palmer upon his generation faded before the advance of the railways; but he has deserved well of posterity, if only for that he altered the coach team from three horses to four. Until that enterprising man undertook to demonstrate that the coach could carry letters more rapidly and safely than could the post-boy, our ancestors had been content with the unicorn team; but after Palmer had astonished the world by making the journey from Bath to London, in 1784, at the rate of nearly seven miles an hour, the team of four horses gradually but steadily supplanted that of three in the stages on almost every road in the country. It is generally assumed that fast coaching only came into existence after the macadamisation of the roads; but this is not quite the case. Under favourable conditions the speed attained in pre-[Pg 6]Macadam days was nearly as great as it became later. The Sporting Magazine of June 1807 says: Lately one of the stage coaches on the North road ran from London to Stamford, a distance of 90 miles, in 9 hours 4 minutes. The passengers, four in number, breakfasted and dined on the road, so it must have run at the rate of 12 miles an hour all the time it was travelling. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 44864
Author: Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom)
Release Date: Feb 10, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864-1949

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