Bright Sparcs
Biographical entry
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Somerville, George |
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George Somerville travelled from Sydney to Melbourne in 1839. He described how the drivers coped with steep descents in a wagon by 'spragging' the wheels - that is they thrust a sapling between the spokes of each pair of wheels so that it jammed against the wagon floor. |
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