cabriolet

traffic, transportation, mobility

Light, two-wheeled carriage, two-horse in the 17th century, one-horse in the 18th century.

Also called a cab or chaise.

Traveljournal 1825

Acquaintance with Michael Faraday, 8 June 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

London Steelworks and a so-called tobacco dispenser, 12 October 1827

Traveljournal 1845

Basel–Paris, 16–18 July 1845
Crossing the Channel and Mr. Hamer’s travel tips, 21 July 1845
Fischer visits the patent office, 23 July 1845
London–Leeds, 26 July 1845
Low Moor Ironworks, 28 July 1845
A soirée at Mr. Gott’s, 28 July 1845
Fischer writes a letter to his granddaughter, 29 July 1845
Sheffield–London, 2 August 1845

Traveljournal 1846

“Hochrheinbahn”, steel casting and street paving, 21 October 1846
The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846

Traveljournal 1851

A fulfilling Sunday spent writing, 22 June 1851
Fischer’s highlights of the Exhibition, 24 June 1851
Birmingham, 4 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: cabriolet. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8909, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Advertisement for the annual coach exhibit by Brewster & Co. (lithograph by Schumacher & Ettlinger after Herman Stahmer, ascribed, 1886)