Walter Hancock and His Common Road Steam Carriage
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- Author(s) James, Francis
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1975
- Pages 133pp; illus
- Publisher Laurence Oxley
- Place Published Alresford
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Comprises a lengthy introductory essay on Walter Hancock focusing in particular on his development and advocacy of the steam carriage and on the services it provided, eg by London & Paddington Steam Carriage Co. Also provides details of the Hancock family's London based rubber product manufacturing business with which he was connected. Also includes a facsimile reproduction of Walter Hancock's publication 'Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments, 1824-36, Demonstrative of the Practicability and Advantage of Employing Steam Carriages on Common Roads' London, 1838, 104pp