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Paper, 'Of the Chinois [Chinese] cart with one wheel' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/15

Date: 22 January 1664

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Also discusses Francis Potter's design for a cart with legs.

Subject: Engineering

Reference number
CLP/20/15
Earliest possible date
22 January 1664
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Of the Chinois [Chinese] cart with one wheel' by Robert Hooke, 22 January 1664, CLP/20/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_15/paper-of-the-chinois-chinese-cart-with-one-wheel-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 11 November 2025

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