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  CARRIAGE - LoveToKnow Article on CARRIAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Shortly afterwards carriages began to be splendidly decorated; that, for instance, of the electress of Brandenburg at the tournament held at Ruppin in 1509 was gilded all over, and that of the duchess of Mecklenburg was hung with red satin.
As a travelling carriage with the needful appointments the britzska, having a straight body with ogee curves at front and back, with single folding hood, and hung on C springs, was a distinctive and popular feature among carriages of the period from 1824 until after 1840.
The timber used in an ordinary carriage wheel is wych elm for the naves, heart of oak for the spokes, and ash for the felloes.
83.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CARRIAGE.htm   (7611 words)

  
 Carriage return - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In computing, the carriage return (CR) is one of the control characters in ASCII code, unicode or EBCDIC that commands a printer or other sort of display to move the position of the cursor to the first position on the same line.
It was mostly used along with line feed, a move to the next line, while carriage return precedes line feed to indicate a new line.
Many computers use the carriage return character, alone or with a line feed, to signal the end of a line of text, but other characters are also used for this function.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carriage_return   (249 words)

  
 Carriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century) or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable.
In American English, a baby carriage is a wheeled conveyance for reclining infants (British English perambulator or pram), usually with a hood that can be adjusted to protect the baby from the sun.
Closed carriages began to be more widely used by the upper classes in the 16th century, and better sprung vehicles were developed in the 17th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carriage   (671 words)

  
 Acadia National Park - The Carriage Roads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Acadia’s carriage roads are the best example of broken-stone roads—a type of road commonly used at the turn of the 20th century—in America today.
Between 1992 and 1995, an extensive rehabilitation of the carriage roads was financed by federal construction funds along with matching private funds from Friends of Acadia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and cultural distinctiveness of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities.
To ensure that the carriage roads will continue to be maintained close to their original condition, the park has formed a partnership with Friends of Acadia.
www.nps.gov /acad/carriage.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Hawaiian Airlines : International Conditions of Carriage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
All carriage of passengers and/or baggage shall be subject to the carrier's rules, regulations, and tariffs in effect on the date of commencement of carriage covered by the first flight coupon of the ticket.
Carriage of animals is limited to one animal per container except that two kittens or two puppies under 10 weeks of age or household birds will be permitted in a single container.
Domestic Carriage means (except as otherwise specified) carriage in which, according to the contract of carriage, the place of departure, the place of destination or stopover, and the entire transportation are within the sovereign state.
www.hawaiianair.com /flightinfo/icoc/contract_full.asp   (11824 words)

  
 Antique Baby Carriage
Carriages were built on spring frames that provided a gentle ride and allowed the carriage to rock a fussy babe to sleep.
As the turn of the century drew near, the Golden Age of Carriage embellishment was tarnishing; sadly it was the end of the Victorian era.
Carriages by the thousands were simply thrown away or burned, no reminder of such vulgar taste was considered proper.
www.victoriana.com /lady/buggy.html   (1610 words)

  
 SEC Info - Carriage Services Inc - 8-K - For 12/4/3 - EX-99.2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carriage believes its current capital structure coupled with its strong cash flow profile, will enable the Company to continue to meaningfully pay down debt, offering investors the unique investment characteristics of an LBO (leveraged buy out) structure, without the often high promotional fees because CSV shares are publicly traded.
In Carriage’s view, the benefit of integrating acquired businesses is to introduce its innovative service and sales strategies to provide the highest quality funeral experience to client families and to introduce its operating model to improve long-term performance.
Assuming Carriage were to defer TIDES distribution payments for the full twenty quarter period, the Company estimates that it would have accrued approximately $40 million of deferred TIDES distribution payments that would be payable on September 1, 2008.
www.secinfo.com /d11mxs.2r7n.c.htm   (1945 words)

  
 Carriage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
From the beginning, the Carriage philosophy has always been "to build a quality unit, not quantity mass-produced units" and our continued commitment to that ideal has resulted in a 35 year tradition of providing beauty, durability, value, and service to our customers.
Carriage, Inc. is located in the heart of Amish country in Millersburg, Indiana, where old world craftsmanship still lives.
Over the years, the Carriage facility has grown to 18 buildings situated on 72 acres in the quiet farming community of Millersburg, Indiana and includes a beautiful courtesy park for Carriage customers to stay should their unit need to be serviced by Carriage's Service and Warranty Department.
www.rvandboatdepot.com /Carriage/carriage.htm   (159 words)

  
 carriage. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
An early passenger carriage was the chariot, but Roman road-building activity encouraged the development of other forms.
The coach, a closed four-wheeled carriage with two inside seats and an elevated outside seat for the driver, is believed to have been developed in Hungary and to have spread among the royalty and nobility of Europe in the 16th cent.
The term carriage was also used to refer to railroad passenger cars, which in England began as strings of separate compartments.
www.bartleby.com /65/ca/carriage.html   (286 words)

  
 Carriage for Hire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carriage for Hire was started in 1987, and today is the premiere carriage company in Utah.
As the largest carriage company in Utah we have a great collection of horse drawn vehicles available for just about any event or activity you might be planning.
Carriages are also often available longer hours, daytimes, or between shifts on holidays, weekends, or late night.
www.carriageforhire.net   (556 words)

  
 MOUNTAIN HOWITZER CARRIAGE. BUILD A 12 POUND MOUNTAIN HOWITZER CANNON CARRIAGE.
This carriage was nearly identical to the familiar #1 field carriage of the larger guns.
The solid 3" square axle was center-cut, shortened, and re-welded at the correct length and camber for a Mountain Howitzer carriage.
All of the remaining wood carriage pieces were painted and assembled, as were the remaining steel pieces such as the wheel guards, axle bands and the folding handspike assembly.
www.buckstix.com /HowitzerCarriage.htm   (1899 words)

  
 Carriage Museum of America
This is a strong recommendation of and for the school, and the carriage builders who have been supporting it so many years will no doubt feel that their efforts have been appreciated by the best workmen in the craft.
He learned the trade of carriage building in his father's shop, starting out in the world in 1863, first going to Vienna, Austria; from thence to Munich, Bavaria, and from that city to Paris, where he acquired that intimate knowledge and skill which was the basis of his reputation.
In July, 1895, he became an assistant in the carriage plant of J. Quinby and Co., Newark, New Jersey, and on the death of the superintendent and draftsman, in 1898, was promoted to his position, which he still retains.
www.carriagemuseumlibrary.org /draftsmen.htm   (6036 words)

  
 Beyond Liberalization II: The Impending Doom of Common Carriage
Finally, "affordable rates," though often tied to common carriage, are a monopoly and utility issue; where common carriage is concerned with prices it is not with their absolute levels but rather with relative ones, to prevent price-discrimination as a way to unduly differentiate among users or uses.
In interpreting the existence of common carriage, courts have not let the statutory definition be determinative, perhaps because of its circularity.
As common carriage begins to unravel, its greatest supporters (but only as applied to others) are likely to be the contract carriers, who will want to preserve their competitive advantage.
www.columbia.edu /dlc/wp/citi/citinoam11.html   (8711 words)

  
 Carriage House and Upper Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Carriage House is wheel chair accessible, and can accommodate up to 225 people for a standing reception and 150 people for a seated dinner.
The Carriage House is composed of a large Carriage Room (52' x 37'), a Stall Room with 12 stalls (10' x 10'), and a catering kitchen.
The Carriage House is air conditioned, wheel chair accessible, and can accommodate up to 225 people for a standing reception and 150 people for a seated dinner.
www.jhu.edu /~evrgreen/rentcarriagehouse.html   (903 words)

  
 Carriage of Dangerous Goods Manual - CDG / ADR introduction
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/568) (the Carriage Regulations) and the European agreement (Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route, known as ADR) which together regulate the carriage of dangerous goods by road are highly prescriptive.
The Carriage Regulations cross-refer to ADR to a large extent, and it is ADR that contains the detailed requirements.
This manual does not repeat the requirements of the Carriage Regulations or ADR, but directs the reader to the parts of the regulations and ADR that will be of relevance, and provides guidance where problems are known to have arisen.
www.hse.gov.uk /cdg/manual   (498 words)

  
 train carriage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Such uses can generally be divided into the carriage of passengers and of freight.
Passenger cars, or coaches, vary in their internal fittings but the vast majority of modern examples consist of a long interior with seats and a central aisle for access.
Freight cars or wagons exist in a bewilderingly wide variety of types, adapted to the ideal carriage of a whole host of different things.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Train_carriage.html   (696 words)

  
 SEC Info - Carriage Services Inc - DEF 14A - For 5/17/0
Carriage also will reimburse banks, brokers, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable charges and expenses to forward our proxy materials to the beneficial owners of Carriage stock.
Carriage's Certificate of Incorporation provides that such classes shall be as nearly equal in number as possible.
From the inception of Carriage in 1991 to December 1996, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and he became a director in 1995.
www.secinfo.com /dR5M9.5Cm.htm   (11003 words)

  
 The Carriage Barn at Sarah's Way, a planned equestrian community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Carriage Barn's staff is committed to professional in-service training with the finest equestrian clinicians.
The Carriage Barn sponsors weekend driving clinics throughout the year and mid-week clinics are also available.
Antique restored or unrestored carriages and sleighs are housed in the Kettle Carriage Barn.
www.carriage-barn.com /cb.html   (629 words)

  
 Carriage Museum of America
It is said of him that in his early carriage building, he executed some jobs the like of which has never since been attempted or accomplished.
If the sons decline to accept the mortgage, the real estate shall be sold, and the proceeds of the sale shall be counted in as part of the estate for general distribution.
William C. Glesenkamp, member of the family so well known for his identification with the carriage making business in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and who was one of the firm of West and Co., carriage makers, died February 26, at the home of his father, William Glesenkamp, Sr., 1225 Locust street, Allegheny.
www.carriagemuseumlibrary.org /glesenkamp.htm   (1030 words)

  
 Search Results for carriage - Encyclopædia Britannica
Field pieces were mounted on two-wheeled carriages with solid trails, while fortress artillery was mounted either on the “garrison standing carriage,” a...
Damages for the breach or nonperformance of a contract of carriage ordinarily are determined by application of the general rules of the law of contracts.
Explores the "carriage era," the many uses of the vehicles (e.g., as recreational and funereal means of transport), and the social significance of the carriages (e.g., their importance as symbols of status).
www.britannica.com /search?query=carriage&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (407 words)

  
 Fancy Ferriage by Horse and Carriage - Home Page
Carriage or wagon pulled by a pair or a single carriage horse at 4 to 6 miles per hour on paved roads.
Our two Vis-à-vis Carriages (White with royal blue upholstery or Burgundy with burgundy upholstery) are exquisite reproductions of elegant carriages, which were brought to America from France in the early 1800s.
Carriages are appropriately decorated for holidays, have blankets and can be fully enclosed during inclement weather.
www.cona.org /webpages/fferriage   (542 words)

  
 Hafemann Carriage Company
These carriages are handcrafted masterpieces built by a true craftsman starting at $575.00.
Each carriage or cart is an original, painstakingly designed and built by Hafemann Carriage, to be a functional work of art.
Finding a master carriage builder to repair or restore your carriage or sleigh from a bygone era has been near impossible.
www.hafemanncarriagecompany.com   (284 words)

  
 Carriage fifth wheel by Carriage RV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carriage is specially engineered for full time, all climate use and loaded with appointments and amenities for easy living.
Carriage is truly designed to meet the needs of the full-time RV'er.
Luxurious surroundings will sooth you to sleep in the Carriage bedroom, and when you awake, you'll find the conveniences of home are more than just a dream.
www.carriageinc.com /carriage.htm   (448 words)

  
 St Augustine Bed and Breakfast - Carriage Way
Carriage Way is a traditional Victorian style building constructed between 1883 and 1885 by Edward and Rosalie Masters.
The atmosphere at Carriage Way is casual and leisurely in keeping with the general attitude and feeling of the Oldest City in the nation.
Carriage Way, has been featured in many newspapers, magazines, and books throughout the United States and abroad.
www.carriageway.com   (816 words)

  
 carriage on Encyclopedia.com
Carriage Services Reports First Quarter Results Earnings of $0.12 per diluted share Earnings before special charges of $0.14 per diluted share Quarterly results in line with estimates Outlook for 2003 - 2007 Revised.
Carriage Services Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End Results; Fourth Quarter Earnings of $0.08 Per Diluted Share; 2003 Earnings Before Special Items of $0.35 Per Diluted Share; Free Cash Flow From Operations of $8.5...
Carriage Services Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End Results; Fourth Quarter Earnings Before Special Items of $0.11 Per Diluted Share; 2002 Earnings Before Special Items of $0.44 Per Diluted Share; Free Cash Flow...
www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/carriage.asp   (653 words)

  
 Kettlehouse Carriage barn at The Carriage Barn Equestrain Center, Newton, NH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
the Kettle Carriage House in Newton, NH The Kettle House was originally constructed in 1891 as a carriage barn on the Lorenzo N. Kettle Family Estate in Weston, Massachusetts, to store Kettle's carriage, his steeds, and as a quarters for those who worked the estate.
The building was moved to the Carriage Barn facility for restoration in the summer of 2000.
Now completed, the Kettle House Carriage Barn is available for workshops, office parties and special events, including weddings and anniversaries.
www.carriage-barn.com /kettlehousepix.html   (200 words)

  
 2003 Carriage 5th wheel trailer RV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carriage Inc. manufactures Carriage, Carriage LS, Royals International, Carri-Lite, and Cameo lines of fifth wheels and travel trailers.
Founded in 1968, their company stresses job pride and skilled craftsmanship to ensure that Carriage products continue to meet the highest standards of excellence.
From the beginning, the Carriage philosophy has always been "to build a quality unit, not quantity mass-produced units" and our continued commitment to that ideal has resulted in a 30 year tradition of providing beauty, durability, value, and service to our customers.
www.giantrv.com /products/Carriage/carriage_rv.htm   (159 words)

  
 Carriage
Historically, the carriage door has had a very rich tradition of housing the most prestigious of automobiles and carriages.
These doors were hand-crafted from a variety of woods in various designs to protect the vehicle with style and enhance the building's overall beauty.
We now carry Clopay's line of carriage style garage doors along with their highly successful garage doors.
www.emidoors.com /carriage.htm   (502 words)

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