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WEIGHT OF A COACH 



CH. IX 



gravity low, and the carriage-part has to bear the 

 major part of the strains. 



The following Table shows the distribution in 

 several examples : — 



Public-Coach 

 Mail . . . 

 Drag 

 Public-Coach 



The larger figures give the weight in pounds, the 

 smaller ones the parts in 1000. The Table shows 

 somewhat wide differences of design, the last ex- 

 ample being one in which pains were taken to get 

 a very light body for a heavy carriage-part. 



Figures of this kind are only approximately cor- 

 rect, unless all the coaches compared are weighed 

 by the same person, since the weights given by dif- 

 ferent makers may not always include the same 

 parts. For the purpose of this comparison the 

 coaches should be in the condition in which they 

 are to g-o on the road, with cushions, seat-backs, 

 &c., the separation between the body and the car- 

 riage-part being made at the blocks which are on top 

 of the springs. Neither the pole nor the chain and 

 shoe should be included. 



The distribution of the weight between the front 

 and hind wheels is important ; usually there is more 



