Paper, 'Reasons why 4 wheeles are better than 2 in chariotts' by [Thomas Blount]
Reference number: CLP/3i/21
Date: 26 March 1667
Description
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.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/21
- Earliest possible date
- 26 March 1667
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Reference number: CLP/3i
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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