The second was first seen in Thomas Carlyle's 1837 novel, The French Revolution: A History. In his novel, Carlyle uses the term "queue" to describe the talent of the French people, but later in other literary works the same term was used to describe not a queue of people, but a queue of cars. Although these two terms are the most common forms, the word has several other meanings. In the 18th century alone, the term “queue” took on three other meanings. Although the definitions are similar to the other two, they have a completely different meaning. Two of these definitions were seen in 1777 in two different works on travel. The first was seen during Philip Thicknesse's trip through France and parts of Spain. In his writings, Thicknesse uses the term "queue" to describe a "barrel or keg capable of holding about one and a half tons of liquid." He uses this to describe how much wine must be carried on his journey and how much it will ultimately cost him. The second definition is found in Dalrymple's travels to Spain and Portugal. In his writings, Dalrymple uses the term "queue" to describe the hairstyles of the people he meets. The next time the term is mentioned is in Tobias