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February 9, 1832.—During the steam-carriage boom that started about 1821 and lasted some years, several companies were formed and projected to run lines of coaches. The London and Birmingham Steam Carriage Company built in 1833 a coach of the type invented by Dr. William Church of Birmingham, and patented by him on Feb. 9, 1832. The coach had a single front wheel and was carried on air springs; its driving wheels were 8 ft. 6 in. in diameter, and had elastic rims and spokes; they were mounted on separate axles and geared by chains to the engine shaft. The carriage did not prove very successful and was not used after a few short trials.
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Calendar of Patent Records. Nature 123, 228 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123228b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123228b0