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\vhich requires particular notice -, as it is not 

 peculiar to the Yorklhire waggon ; but is 

 common, in a greater or lei's degree, to the 

 carriao-es of every other Diftrid:. 



The Turnpike-road Acft, made in the thir- 

 teenth year of the prefent reign, orders, 

 *' that no pair of fuch wheels, (common 

 three inch wheels) pafiing on turnpike roads, 

 being above twenty miles froir. London, 

 fhall be wider than four feet fix inches from 

 inlide to infide, to be mcafured on the 

 ground ;" (that is, four feet nine inches from 

 middle to middle of the ruts) " under the pe- 

 nalty of five pounds !" 



, The 



provement of the Wheel-washer provlncially 



•' Runnel" which frequently iVicklng i;i the end 



of the nave, \vcai'3 oil' the ends of the Unch-pin; 

 thereby lofmg its principal intention t The improve- 

 ment is made by placing a knob on the outer furfucc of 

 the Walher; which, catching the end of the linch-p;n, 

 prevents its turning round with the whf^el ; bv which 

 means the entire fridion is, as it ought to be, between 

 the Waflier and the end of the nave. Accidents fre- 

 quently happen for want ol this precaution. The 

 other improvement is a Falling-door in the bcxitom 

 of the fore part of the waggon ; for the more caly de- 

 livery of lime, coals, and other body-lcuds. 



