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VGW(HU.769.070
29 Jun 1769:13 (945)
London. . . April 13 . . . Mr. Moor's undertaking to make
carriages go without horses, having engrossed a large share
of public attention, a correspondent assures us, that
something of the same nature was done several years ago by
Mr. Arthur, the comedian, who constructed a chariot, which
went of itself several times up and down the mall in St.
James's Park; and that a person at Towbridge also contrived
a waggon to go without horses, which was shewn to many
hundreds of people in Cuper's gardens, and for some little
time afforded great satisfaction; but one of the springs
breaking, the whole machine became disordered, and the mob
at length broke it all to pieces.
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