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  • 21 comparo

    1. I.
    Lit. (rare but class.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ut inter ignem et terram aquam deus animamque poneret, eaque inter se compararet et proportione conjungeret, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Univ. 5 med.:

    comparari postremo,

    id. ib. 5:

    ambo cum simul aspicimus, non possumus non vereri, ne male comparati sitis,

    Liv. 40, 46, 4:

    L. Volumnius cum Ap. Claudio consul est factus, priore item consulatu inter se conparati,

    id. 10, 15, 12:

    labella cum labellis,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78: quin meum senium cum dolore tuo conjungam et comparem, Att. ap. Non. p. 255, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 90 Rib.).— Hence,
    B.
    Esp. of combatants, for the usu. compono, to bring together to a contest, to match:

    ut ego cum patrono disertissimo comparer,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    cum Aesernino Samnite Pacideianus comparatus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 257, 18:

    Scipio et Hannibal, velut ad supremum certamen comparati duces,

    Liv. 30, 28, 8:

    hunc Threci comparavit,

    Suet. Calig. 35.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To couple together in judgment.
    1.
    To count one object fully equal to another, to place on the same footing, put on an equality with (rare but class.): neminem tibi profecto hominem ex omnibus aut anteposuissem umquam aut etiam comparassem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 256, 4; cf. Nep. Iphic. 1, 1; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Cat. 61, 65 al.:

    cum quibus (hominibus) comparari sordidum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; so id. Fam. 12, 30, 7:

    et se mihi comparat Ajax?

    Ov. M. 13, 338.—
    2.
    In gen., to place together in comparison, to compare (the usu. signif. of the word in prose and poetry):

    homo quod rationis est particeps similitudines comparat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    majora, minora, paria,

    id. de Or. 2, 40, 172; id. Top. 18, 68:

    metaphora rei comparatur, quam volumus exprimere,

    Quint. 8, 6, 8.—With dat.:

    equi fortis et victoris senectuti, comparat suam,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

    si regiae stirpi comparetur ignobilis,

    Curt. 8, 4, 25:

    restat ut copiae copiis conparentur vel numero vel, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 19, 1:

    se majori pauperiorum turbae,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 112:

    Periclem fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparat,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf. id. 12, 10, 65:

    necesse est sibi nimium tribuat, qui se nemini comparat,

    id. 1, 2, 18:

    nec tantum inutilibus comparantur utilia, sed inter se quoque ipsa,

    id. 3, 8, 33; cf id. 3, 6, 87.—With cum and abl.:

    hominem cum homine et tempus cum tempore et rem cum re,

    Cic. Dom. 51, 130; id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

    cum illo... ceteris rebus nullo modo comparandus es,

    id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

    cum meum factum cum tuo comparo,

    id. Fam. 3, 6, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 2; 2, 6, 20:

    corporis commoda cum externis et ipsa inter se corporis,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 88:

    longiorem orationem cum magnitudine utilitatis,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 20:

    victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo,

    Nep. Them. 5, 3:

    totam causam nostram cum tota adversarii causā,

    Quint. 7, 2, 22; 12, 7, 3.—With ad:

    nec comparandus hic quidem ad illum est,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14:

    sed nihil comparandi causā loquar,

    I will institute no comparison, Cic. Pis. 1, 3.— Hence,
    3.
    With rel.-clause, to reflect, consider, judge; or to prove, show, by comparing (rare): id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, quo pacto magnam molem minuam, Att. ap. Non. p. 256, 20:

    cum comparetur, utrum, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 2, 28, 45:

    comparando quam intestina corporis seditio similis esset irae plebis in patres, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 32, 12; cf. Tac. A. 3, 5:

    deinde comparat, quanto plures deleti sint homines, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16.—
    B.
    Comparare inter se, t. t., of colleagues in office, to agree together in respect to the division of duties, to come to an agreement (freq. in Liv., esp. of the consuls, who made an arrangement between themselves in respect to their provinces):

    inter se decemviri comparabant, quos ire ad bellum, quos praeesse exercitibus oporteret,

    Liv. 3, 41, 7:

    senatusconsultum factum est, ut consules inter se provincias Italiam et Macedoniam compararent sortirenturve,

    id. 42, 31, 1; 8, 20, 3; 32, 8, 1; 33, 43, 2; 26, 8, 8;

    41, 6, 1: (consules) comparant inter se ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 6, 13; 10, 15, 12:

    ut consules sortirentur conparerentve inter se, uter, etc.,

    id. 24, 10, 2;

    of the tribunes of the people,

    id. 29, 20, 9;

    of the proprætors,

    id. 40, 47, 1.—
    C.
    (In acc. with I. B.) Si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, opposes to this, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63.—Hence, * compărātē, adv., in or by comparison, comparatively:

    quaerere (opp. simpliciter),

    Cic. Top. 22, 84.
    2.
    com-păro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19), v. a.
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42:

    sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one ' s self ready, to prepare one ' s self, id. Mil. 10, 28:

    se ad respondendum,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 19:

    se ad iter,

    Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4:

    se ad omnis casus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 79:

    insidias alicui per aliquem,

    Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.:

    dolum ad capiendos eos,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    comparare et constituere accusationem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.:

    comparare accusatorem filio suo,

    id. Clu. 67, 191:

    fugam,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium [p. 387] ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10:

    iter ad regem,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.:

    vultum e vultu,

    to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.—

    In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum,

    Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.:

    arma, milites, classem,

    Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.:

    arma latroni,

    Quint. 12, 1, 1.— Pass. in mid. force:

    ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati,

    Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4:

    ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt,

    made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

    tempore ad comparandum dato,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    urere tecta,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 267:

    an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc.,

    place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.:

    ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10:

    more majorum comparatum est,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.:

    ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 39, 29, 5:

    est ita natura comparatum ut, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5:

    praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7:

    jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 57:

    eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt,

    Sall. C. 51, 8.—So rarely of persons:

    sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.—
    II. A.
    Prop.:

    negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2:

    mihi quadraginta minas,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 19:

    aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15:

    pecudes carius,

    Suet. Calig. 27:

    merces,

    Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.:

    ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17:

    Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3:

    gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas,

    Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.—
    2.
    Of abstract things:

    amicitias,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    auctoritatem sibi,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

    laudes artibus,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    tribunicium auxilium sibi,

    Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.—
    B.
    Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.

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  • 22 conparo

    1. I.
    Lit. (rare but class.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ut inter ignem et terram aquam deus animamque poneret, eaque inter se compararet et proportione conjungeret, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Univ. 5 med.:

    comparari postremo,

    id. ib. 5:

    ambo cum simul aspicimus, non possumus non vereri, ne male comparati sitis,

    Liv. 40, 46, 4:

    L. Volumnius cum Ap. Claudio consul est factus, priore item consulatu inter se conparati,

    id. 10, 15, 12:

    labella cum labellis,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78: quin meum senium cum dolore tuo conjungam et comparem, Att. ap. Non. p. 255, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 90 Rib.).— Hence,
    B.
    Esp. of combatants, for the usu. compono, to bring together to a contest, to match:

    ut ego cum patrono disertissimo comparer,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

    cum Aesernino Samnite Pacideianus comparatus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 257, 18:

    Scipio et Hannibal, velut ad supremum certamen comparati duces,

    Liv. 30, 28, 8:

    hunc Threci comparavit,

    Suet. Calig. 35.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To couple together in judgment.
    1.
    To count one object fully equal to another, to place on the same footing, put on an equality with (rare but class.): neminem tibi profecto hominem ex omnibus aut anteposuissem umquam aut etiam comparassem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 256, 4; cf. Nep. Iphic. 1, 1; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Cat. 61, 65 al.:

    cum quibus (hominibus) comparari sordidum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; so id. Fam. 12, 30, 7:

    et se mihi comparat Ajax?

    Ov. M. 13, 338.—
    2.
    In gen., to place together in comparison, to compare (the usu. signif. of the word in prose and poetry):

    homo quod rationis est particeps similitudines comparat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    majora, minora, paria,

    id. de Or. 2, 40, 172; id. Top. 18, 68:

    metaphora rei comparatur, quam volumus exprimere,

    Quint. 8, 6, 8.—With dat.:

    equi fortis et victoris senectuti, comparat suam,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

    si regiae stirpi comparetur ignobilis,

    Curt. 8, 4, 25:

    restat ut copiae copiis conparentur vel numero vel, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 19, 1:

    se majori pauperiorum turbae,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 112:

    Periclem fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparat,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf. id. 12, 10, 65:

    necesse est sibi nimium tribuat, qui se nemini comparat,

    id. 1, 2, 18:

    nec tantum inutilibus comparantur utilia, sed inter se quoque ipsa,

    id. 3, 8, 33; cf id. 3, 6, 87.—With cum and abl.:

    hominem cum homine et tempus cum tempore et rem cum re,

    Cic. Dom. 51, 130; id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

    cum illo... ceteris rebus nullo modo comparandus es,

    id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

    cum meum factum cum tuo comparo,

    id. Fam. 3, 6, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 2; 2, 6, 20:

    corporis commoda cum externis et ipsa inter se corporis,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 88:

    longiorem orationem cum magnitudine utilitatis,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 20:

    victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo,

    Nep. Them. 5, 3:

    totam causam nostram cum tota adversarii causā,

    Quint. 7, 2, 22; 12, 7, 3.—With ad:

    nec comparandus hic quidem ad illum est,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14:

    sed nihil comparandi causā loquar,

    I will institute no comparison, Cic. Pis. 1, 3.— Hence,
    3.
    With rel.-clause, to reflect, consider, judge; or to prove, show, by comparing (rare): id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, quo pacto magnam molem minuam, Att. ap. Non. p. 256, 20:

    cum comparetur, utrum, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 2, 28, 45:

    comparando quam intestina corporis seditio similis esset irae plebis in patres, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 32, 12; cf. Tac. A. 3, 5:

    deinde comparat, quanto plures deleti sint homines, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16.—
    B.
    Comparare inter se, t. t., of colleagues in office, to agree together in respect to the division of duties, to come to an agreement (freq. in Liv., esp. of the consuls, who made an arrangement between themselves in respect to their provinces):

    inter se decemviri comparabant, quos ire ad bellum, quos praeesse exercitibus oporteret,

    Liv. 3, 41, 7:

    senatusconsultum factum est, ut consules inter se provincias Italiam et Macedoniam compararent sortirenturve,

    id. 42, 31, 1; 8, 20, 3; 32, 8, 1; 33, 43, 2; 26, 8, 8;

    41, 6, 1: (consules) comparant inter se ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 6, 13; 10, 15, 12:

    ut consules sortirentur conparerentve inter se, uter, etc.,

    id. 24, 10, 2;

    of the tribunes of the people,

    id. 29, 20, 9;

    of the proprætors,

    id. 40, 47, 1.—
    C.
    (In acc. with I. B.) Si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, opposes to this, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63.—Hence, * compărātē, adv., in or by comparison, comparatively:

    quaerere (opp. simpliciter),

    Cic. Top. 22, 84.
    2.
    com-păro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19), v. a.
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42:

    sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one ' s self ready, to prepare one ' s self, id. Mil. 10, 28:

    se ad respondendum,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 19:

    se ad iter,

    Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4:

    se ad omnis casus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 79:

    insidias alicui per aliquem,

    Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.:

    dolum ad capiendos eos,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    comparare et constituere accusationem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.:

    comparare accusatorem filio suo,

    id. Clu. 67, 191:

    fugam,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium [p. 387] ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10:

    iter ad regem,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.:

    vultum e vultu,

    to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.—

    In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum,

    Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.:

    arma, milites, classem,

    Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.:

    arma latroni,

    Quint. 12, 1, 1.— Pass. in mid. force:

    ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati,

    Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4:

    ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt,

    made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

    tempore ad comparandum dato,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    urere tecta,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 267:

    an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc.,

    place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.:

    ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10:

    more majorum comparatum est,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.:

    ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 39, 29, 5:

    est ita natura comparatum ut, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5:

    praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7:

    jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 57:

    eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt,

    Sall. C. 51, 8.—So rarely of persons:

    sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.—
    II. A.
    Prop.:

    negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2:

    mihi quadraginta minas,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 19:

    aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15:

    pecudes carius,

    Suet. Calig. 27:

    merces,

    Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.:

    ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17:

    Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3:

    gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas,

    Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.—
    2.
    Of abstract things:

    amicitias,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    auctoritatem sibi,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

    laudes artibus,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    tribunicium auxilium sibi,

    Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.—
    B.
    Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.

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  • 23 estimate

    1. n оценка

    to form an estimate — составить мнение, оценить

    at the least estimate — по самой скромной оценке, минимально

    2. n смета, калькуляция; исчисление; предварительный подсчёт

    rough estimate — ориентировочная оценка, приблизительный подсчёт

    by estimate — по смете, по предварительному подсчёту; примерно

    3. n предположения
    4. v оценивать, устанавливать стоимость
    5. v оценивать, давать оценку; выносить суждение, судить

    to estimate the powers of an author — судить о таланте писателя, дать оценку таланту писателя

    6. v составлять смету; приблизительно подсчитывать, прикидывать

    the press estimated the number of demonstrators as 2,000 — по мнению журналистов, в демонстрации приняло участие по меньшей мере 2 тысячи человек

    crude estimate — примерная оценка; приблизительная оценка

    7. v спец. оценивать, делать оценку
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. guess (noun) conclusion; guess; impression
    2. judgment (noun) appraisal; appraisement; approximation; assessment; calculation; computation; estimation; evaluation; figuring; judgement; judgment; opinion; stock; valuation
    3. assess (verb) appraise; approximate; assay; assess; calculate; call; cipher; compute; count; evaluate; figure; gauge; guess; judge; place; put; rate; set; set at; survey; valuate; value
    4. predict (verb) consider; expect; predict; prophesy; reckon; suppose; surmise
    Антонимический ряд:

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  • 24 Shillibeer, George

    SUBJECT AREA: Land transport
    [br]
    fl. early nineteenth century
    [br]
    English coachbuilder who introduced the omnibus to London.
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    Little is known of Shillibeer's early life except that he was for some years resident in France. He served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy before joining the firm of Hatchetts in Long Acre, London, to learn coachbuilding. He set up as a coachbuilder in Paris soon after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and prospered. Early in the 1820s Jacques Laffite ordered two improved buses from Shillibeer. Their success prompted Shillibeer to sell up his business and return to London to start a similar service. His first two buses in London ran for the first time on 4 July 1829, from the Yorkshire Stingo at Paddington to the Bank, a distance of 9 miles (14 km) which had taken three hours by the existing short-stagecoaches. Shillibeer's vehicle was drawn by three horses abreast, carried twenty-two passengers at a charge of one shilling for the full journey or sixpence for a part-journey. These fares were a third of that charged for an inside seat on a short-stagecoach. The conductors were the sons of friends of Shillibeer from his naval days. He was soon earning £1,000 per week, each bus making twelve double journeys a day. Dishonesty was rife among the conductors, so Shillibeer fitted a register under the entrance step to count the passengers; two of the conductors who had been discharged set out to wreck the register and its inventor. Expanded routes were soon being travelled by a larger fleet but the newly formed Metropolitan Police force complained that the buses were too wide, so the next buses had only two horses and carried sixteen passengers inside with two on top. Shillibeer's partner, William Morton, failed as competition grew. Shillibeer sold out in 1834 when he had sixty buses, six hundred horses and stabling for them. He started a long-distance service to Greenwich, but a competing railway opened in 1835 and income declined; the Official Stamp and Tax Offices seized the omnibuses and the business was bankrupted. Shillibeer then set up as an undertaker, and prospered with a new design of hearse which became known as a "Shillibeer".
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    Further Reading
    A.Bird, 1969, Road Vehicles, London: Longmans Industrial Archaeology Series.
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