A horse-omnibus is still running London. Mr Beasley is the last of the. horse-omnibus drivers, and he runs daily from Baker street to the Zoo. Jie has the only horse-omnibus license in London—and a hatred of petrol. Fortyfive grey horses stamp in Mr Beasley ■ stables, where one, finds gigs, phaetons, and barouches, landaus and brakes, long whips and" high white hats, and all the gay gear of the days when merry hooves sped down the open road to the song of a cracking lash. Mr Beasley and his horses stand as tHe last barrier ag&WSjt the age of petrol, "Of course, there's -work," he said, "lots of it. And those Americans and film companies often want the old carriages, believe me.
Roger Bacon, an English monk and scientist, invented gunpowder in 1292. Some say that a similar explosive substance was used l>y the Hindus in 33«J B.CL
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20498, 17 March 1932, Page 11
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