Front wheels 39" - 10 spokes - 1 ¾ tyres.
Hind Do 47" - 12 spokes - "
Bottom line 37" off floor - 7ft 10" long.
Front springs 15/8 steel. 39½ × 12½ overall - 6 plates
Hind springs 6 plates - 12½ body to axle -
Front axle 39¾" over springs
Hind axle 40" Do
Front of boot 34 in wide, back of Do 36½
Framing at back 40in across -
(exclusive of carved pillars screwed on -)
Width underneath 4ft-
This design for a hearse was sketched in pencil, probably by William Kinross, on the back of an advert dated 1871. Note that he has economised by specifying half a rear spring for the coffin!