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Paper, 'Reasons why 4 wheeles are better than 2 in chariotts' by [Thomas Blount]

Reference number: CLP/3i/21

Date: 26 March 1667

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Blount describes the advantages of using a four-wheeled horse-drawn chariot over a two-wheeled chariot, including being able to cover greater distances.

Subject: Transportation

Read to the Royal Society on 23 May 1667.

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CLP/3i/21
Earliest possible date
26 March 1667
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Blount

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Thomas Blount, Paper, 'Reasons why 4 wheeles are better than 2 in chariotts' by [Thomas Blount], 26 March 1667, CLP/3i/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_21/paper-reasons-why-4-wheeles-are-better-than-2-in-chariotts-by-thomas-blount, accessed on 17 June 2026

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