Identifier: scienceofrailways11kirk (find matches)
Title: The science of railways
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921
Subjects: Railroads Transportation -- History
Publisher: New York, Chicago : World Railway Pub. Company
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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had a similar liking. So had the Greeks andRomans. The chaiiots of the Egyptians werecopied after those of the East. Among ancientillustrations of carriage, we have one of an Ela-mite cart B. C. 700. The chariot was a readapta-tion of the cart. Four-wheeled vehicles camelater. The so-called Persian carriage was merelya stout covered wagon without springs. It was,however, esteemed a kingly luxury. It is unfor-tunate that the drawings we have of the chariots MYTHOLOGICAL FORMS OF CARRIAGE. 491 of ancient Assyria and Egypt affords us, in manyinstances, only a rough outline. Details wouldbe exceedingly interesting. The pictures werenot drawn, however, to illustrate carriage. Thatwas a minor incident. The ass is associated with the most ancientillustrations we have of carriage. It is probable
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it was tamed before the horse. So far as weknow, they both had the same Asiatic origin.Coming down to medieval times, we find thechariot and rude wagon have become a heavycoach. But little progress had been made, how-ever. The coach too often lacked the decora-tions and artistic lines of the ancient chariot. 492 ANCIENT. MEDIEVAL AND Mankind rested content for ages, making littleprogress. The last sixty years have wroughtgreater changes than the preceding five thou-sand. The war chariots of ancient times were alsoused for carrying passengers and merchandise.Later on they were used in the great races ofGreece and Rome. Of all the sports of ancienttimes chariot racing was the most splendid andthe most popular. The people of medieval times were scarcelymore enlightened than the ancients. To be sure,they no longer exposed the hopelessly sick bythe wayside, hoping that some passer-by mightsuggest a remedy. Nor did thej light fires to drive awaypestilentialmiasmas, asin the daysof Pericles.

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