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man claim, and but too often receive, the 
rewards which in stri6t justice belong to 
others. 
We have read with peculiar pleasure Mr. 
' Alexander Cumming's ‘ Observations upon 
Carriage Wheels,' and we very much ap- 
prove of the conclusions which are there 
drawn, as the result of his experiments ; at 
the same time we cannot help observing that 
remarks upon the good effects resulting from 
cylindrical rims, in preference to those of 
any other constru6f ion, have been frequently 
made, both in and out of Parliament, ever 
since the constru6fioii of turnpike roads. 
Whence arose the exemption of toll, or in- 
crease of weiul^t allowed, to a certain extent, 
"for carriajies with broad iv; eels. The con- 
strudlion of the conical rims has merely 
crept into pradfice, from time to time, from 
a combination of vulgar errors, which we 
sincerely hope Mr.Cumming's exertions will 
for ever dissipate. 
If the Middle-Lotldan farmer had fust 
described the eHe6f of which the curl of the 
