On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of Restiveness in HorsesBlackwood, 1868 - 265 páginas |
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... surface of the saddle ; there must be no lever action : all of which is best attained by making the seat central , placing the girths also in the centre of the saddle , and , finally , the stirrups as near this point as can be ...
... surface of the saddle ; there must be no lever action : all of which is best attained by making the seat central , placing the girths also in the centre of the saddle , and , finally , the stirrups as near this point as can be ...
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... surfaces brought into contact , the more easily will the balance be maintained ; the nearer the point of suspension of the stirrup to the seat , the less will balance and friction be disturbed , and the more will the stirrup act in ...
... surfaces brought into contact , the more easily will the balance be maintained ; the nearer the point of suspension of the stirrup to the seat , the less will balance and friction be disturbed , and the more will the stirrup act in ...
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... surface coming in contact on the one hand with the horse's back , on the other with the rider's seat ; partly on the way in which the weight of the latter is ad- justed on the saddle - that is to say , whether it presses more on one ...
... surface coming in contact on the one hand with the horse's back , on the other with the rider's seat ; partly on the way in which the weight of the latter is ad- justed on the saddle - that is to say , whether it presses more on one ...
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... surfaces that come in contact with the horse's back and rider's seat respectively , which , of course , includes the question of its proper place , its mode of attachment - that is to say , where and how the girths should be fixed - and ...
... surfaces that come in contact with the horse's back and rider's seat respectively , which , of course , includes the question of its proper place , its mode of attachment - that is to say , where and how the girths should be fixed - and ...
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... surface over which a given amount of pressure is equably spread or divided , the less will be the action on any given point of the other surface in contact ; and this translated into plain English means , as regards shape , that the ...
... surface over which a given amount of pressure is equably spread or divided , the less will be the action on any given point of the other surface in contact ; and this translated into plain English means , as regards shape , that the ...
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On Seats and Saddles Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Visualização integral - 1868 |
On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Visualização integral - 1869 |
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