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BULLETIN 119, U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Model of Chinese Passenger Wheelbarrow. 



Museum. 



(Scale 1:6.) Made in the 



This vehicle, with one wheel, is used throughout China for trans- 

 porting passengers and baggage from place to place. The wheel of 

 twenty spokes, composed entirely of wood, has a heavy rim. 



Cat. No. 181,279 U.S.N.M. 



Korean Single-wheel Chair. 



This vehicle, illustrating the application of the wheel to the carry- 

 ing chair was long used for conveying persons of high rank from 

 place to place in Korea in the Old Period. Its use is now prohibited. 

 The wheel is 30 inches in diameter, has 32 spokes, a heavy hub, and 

 broad rim shod with an iron tire, the cross section of which is 

 V-shaped. The wheel is situated vertically beneath the chair seat. 



Cat. No. 209,426 U.S.N.M. 



FIG. 47.- — BASHKIRS CHILD'S COACH. 



Model of Bashkirs Child's Coach. (Scale about 1:6.) Made in the 



Museum. 



This coach is one of the oldest surviving types of vehicles for 

 human transport and is a child's primitive vehicle from Russia. 

 The wheels, pierced by burning, revolve on a crude axle, to which 

 a tongue consisting of a forked stick is attached by thongs. The 

 body, with arched top, is composed of tree bark sewn together. 



Cat. No. 181,280 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Nantucket Fish Cart. (Scale 1 : 6.) Made in the Museum. 



This vehicle comes from the region where the sandy soil prevents 

 the wheel from being used. A long barrel of small diameter made 

 for the purpose takes the place of a wheel. Its width is about equal 

 to that of the body of the cart and is located to the rear. 



Cat. No. 181,261 U.S.N.M. 



