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travel on the unpaved part of the road at the side, even 

 when this portion of the road is far from being good ; 

 but if travelling with a heavily loaded carriage, and 

 desiring to spare the horses, it is better to proceed at 

 a walk on the pavement. 



I will conclude this paper with some remarks on the 

 various objections which might be brought forward to 

 the adoption of wheels with broad felloes in pleasure 

 carriages. 



It may, perhaps, be said that these wheels must of 

 necessity be heavier than ordinary carriage-wheels. 

 This remark has already been made to me many 

 times, and this is the reply that I have always given : 

 It is not absolutely necessary that the wheels with 

 broad felloes should be heavier than ordinary wheels ; 

 for the hubs and spokes can, without any inconven- 

 ience, be of the same dimensions as have up to this 

 time been given to ordinary wheels ; and as far as the 

 felloes and tires are concerned, if they are made broader, 

 they may be made thinner, and still, by their very con- 

 struction, the new wheels will be both stronger and more 

 durable than wheels of the ordinary form and propor- 

 tions, having the same weight and the same height. 

 Since, however, wheels with broad felloes are most 

 certainly easier to draw than the old-fashioned wheels, 

 I would always advise making them a little stouter, that 

 they may be a great deal more durable ; and they may 

 have this additional strength, without its injuring at all 

 the elegance of sliape of the wheel. 



If the spokes are made broad, they need not be 

 made so thick ; and this will give them the appearance 

 of being lighter, especially when the wheel is seen 

 from one side, and this is the only position of a wheel 



