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1893 Chicago Exhibition: Catalogue: Group 83

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GROUP LXXXIII.

Vehicles and Methods of Transportation on Common Roads.


211 Brigg, T. H., Thornton Road, Bradford; and 52 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C. [Annex.] [Nee Advt.] System of draught and haulage of 4-wheeled vehicles, universal wheelplate for fore carriages of all 4-wheeled vehicles, minimising the strains, draught, and the tilting tendency of carriages, vehicles with both these patents attached, patent machine to facilitate the carrying of loads by a man either walking or running, patent humane bearing-rein.

212 Briggs, Thomas, Bridge Street Patent Cart Works, Darwen, and Old King's Head Hotel, Salford, Manchester. Adjustable 2-wheeled tipping general purpose cart, fitted with noiseless automatic brake on both wheels, which absolutely relieves animal when travelling either up or down hill with heavy loads; also applicable to spring carts.

213 Carver, Joseph, Walsall. Coaching, racing, hunting and other whips, bridles (for riding) in leather and white whipcord, pillar reins, stirrup leathers.

214 Cope and Sons, Limited, Benjamin, Bloxwich, near Walsall. [See Advt.] Bridle bits for riding, driving, trotting, coaching, racing, polo, exercising, breaking, military and other purposes; chains, curb, leadiug pole, burnishing, spring hooks, stirrup irons, park, riding, hunting, steeplechasing, Newmarket racing; B. Cope’s patent safety stirrups ; mounted bridles for riding, bunting, racing, polo, picketing, breaking, stallions, breastplates, martingales, girths, stirrup leathers, bead collars, harness fronts, rosettes, whip sockets, rein holders.

216 Davis and Wilson, 37, 37 1/12, and 38 Sun Street, West Birmingham, Whips, whalebone rosettes, whip ornaments, and materials.

217 Disc Wheel Co., Limited (The), 60 Defoe Boad, Tooting, Surrey. A spokeless wheel for cycles and other vehicles.

218 Guest and Barrow, Tower Works, Birmingham, [Entresol.] Safety bicycles.

219 Hitching and Wynn, 19, 21 and 23 Ludgate Hill, E.C.; 116 & 204, Oxford Street, IK, London; 74 Bold Street, Liverpool; 19 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. Baby, doll, and goat carriages, children’s mail carts and tricycles, combination carriage chairs.

220 Horsley and Sons, Charles, Beccles, Suffolk. Victoria, hung on cee springs behind and elliptic front springs, fitted with pole, bar, shafts aud lamps ; brougham, single seated, hung on cee under springs, with steel perch and leather braces, body built with steel plates, for one or two horses; landau, canoe shaped, small, medium size, built with steel plates, fitted for one or two horses.

221 Humber & Co., Limited, 32 Holborn Viaduct, London, E.C. [Entresol.] Cycles, roadster safety bicycle, road racer, aud racer with pneumatic tyres, racer with pneumatic tyres made specially light for use on good tracks.

222 Institute of British Carriage Manufacturers (Incorp. 1883), Secretary's Offices: Copthall House, Copthall Avenue, London, E.C. Including loan exhibits from Atkinson and Philipson, Newcastle-on- Tyne; Andrew W. Barr, Copthall Avenue, London ; and S. & A. Fuller, Bath. [Entresol.] A collection of models, paintings, drawings and engravings, sketches of all types of coaches, chariots, anti other vehicles and parts of same, in use at different periods, illustrating the progress of invention and improvement in carriage building; specimens of heraldry paintings; engravings, lithographs of Indian and other modes of transport; caricatures of English and Irish methotls of travelling.

223 Laurie and Marner, 311 Oxford Street, London, W. Dress coacli used by the Lord Mayors of London,

224 Martin and Martin, 103 Gloucester Road, South Kensington, London, S. IK. [See Advt.] Harness, saddlery, riding canes, whips; box cloth driving and coaching aprons, lap robes; gladstone and fitted bags, purses, pocket-books; leggings, garters, and driving gloves.

225 Metallic Tube & Flask Co., Limited (The), Wiggin Street, Birmingham. [Entresol.] Patent weldless cold drawn steel tubes; cycle spokes.

226 Morgan and Co., Limited, Long Awe, W.C., and 10 Old Bond Street, W., London. [See Advt.] Four-in-hand drag, complete; mail phaeton,complete ; square-fronted brougham, and canoe Victoria with patent head (both with ceo and under springs); medium size landau with patent bead and steps, skeleton body canoe Victoria with patent bea 1, rustic cart and “Moroi” car (all with patent cee springs).

227 New Howe Machine Co., Limited (The), Bridgeton, Glasgow. [Entresol.] Bicycles and tricycles, and cycle parts.

228 Peat & Co., Henry, 173 Piccadilly, London, W. Harness, saddlery, and horse clothing; horse blankets; stable fittings; dog collars-

229 Premier Cycle Company, Limited (Hillman, Herbert and Cooper, Limited) (The), Premier TKorAs, Coventry. [Entresol.] Bicycles and tricycles, and cycle parts.

230 Quadrant Cycle Co. (The), Birmingham; Chicago Office and Sale Boom, 297 Wabash Avenue. [Entresol.] “ Quadrant ” safety bicycles.

231 Raleigh Cycle Co., Limited (The), Bussell Street, Nottingham; New York: depot, 1790 Broadway; factory, corner of Bank and Greenurch Street. [Entresol.] Bicycles and tricycles, with air and other tyres, and cycle parts,

232 Seddon’s Patent Pneumatic Tyre Co., Limited, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Coventry, and Dublin. [Entresol.] Seddon’s pneumatic tyres, bicycles, tricycles and cycle accessories.

233 Sparkbrook Manufacturing Co., Limited (The), Paynes Lane, Coventry. [Entresol.] [See Advt.] Bicycles and tricycles and cycle parts.

234 St. John Ambulance Association (The), St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, London, E.G. Ashford litter and stretcher and ambulance material.

235 Swaine and Adeney, 185 Piccadilly, London, W. Whips for driving single horse, pair-horse, tandem and four-horse, riding whips for ladies and gentlemen, hunting and stock whips, thongs of every description; hunting and coach horns; walking sticks and canes; horse measurers; hunting flasks and sandwich cases.

236 Ward Electrical Car Co., Limited, 75 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, S. W. [Anuex.] Electric vehicles.

237 Warman & Hazlewood, Limited, Coventry. [Entresol.] [See Advt.] Safety, and geared ordinary bicycles, bicycle parts, fittings and accessories, including the “ never fail ” continuous rim brake for cycles.

238 Whitworth Cycle Co., (The), Whitworth Works, Pea Street South, Birmingham. [Entresol.] “ Whitworth” cycles.

239 Wilson, Henry, 147 & 148 Townsend Street, Dublin. [Ground Floor.] Set of dray harness, set of heavy van harness.

240 Woods and Son, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. Registered “ Ivo car.”

241 Zimer, F. W., 99 Mortimer Road, London, N. [Entresol.] Patent “ Zimer ” power mechanism for assisting the propulsion of front-steering cycles by actively utilising the strength of the arm muscles, adapted for those desiring greater power or able to exert little or no power with their legs.

  • Cook & Son, Thomas. See Group LXXXV.