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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 190 — COACHES.

William Johnston translation

At Rome, however, at a very early period, there appears to have been carriages to be let out for hire: Suetonius calls them (i. chap. 57) rheda meritoria, and (iv. c. 39) meritoria vehicula.

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