This the first
comprehensive book on the subject of springs for the gears of horse-drawn
vehicles—the culmination of years of research through the old trade
journals for carriage builders as well as a cross referencing of
the material with some 2,009 spring patents issued by the United
States Patent Office. Several classic works on the subject of springs
have been reproduced, including John Foggett’s essay on the "Manufacture
of Steel Carriage Springs," published in 1881, an "Essay On the
Suspension of Carriages," by the noted English writer and builder
William Phillipson, published in 1888 and “Prize Essay on Carriage
Springs,” by J.L.H. Mosier, foreman blacksmith at the famous custom
carriage builder Brewster & Co., New York.
