Cancelled drawings for a cart with legs
Date
22 February 1663
Creator
Francis Potter (1594 - 1678, British) , Clergyman
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p4
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 200mm
width (page): 188mm
width (page): 188mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Design of a cart with legs instead of wheels by Francis Potter, included in his letter dated 22 February 1663 to John Aubrey. The paper was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 4 March 1663, when Robert Hooke was asked for his opinion about it. These figures appear to have been redundant or erroneous as they were crossed out by Potter himself.
For Hooke's verdict, with his reconstruction of the cart, see EL/P1/40.
For Hooke's verdict, with his reconstruction of the cart, see EL/P1/40.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 4 March 1663, ‘Mr. Aubrey presented the society with the scheme of a cart, with legs instead of wheels, devised by Mr. Francis Potter; which was referred to the consideration of Mr. Hooke, who was ordered to bring in a report of it to the next meeting’ (Birch 1:206).
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