Record

RefNoEL/P1/39
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Francis Potter to John Aubrey
CreatorPotter; Francis (1594-1678); Church of England clergyman; rector of Kilmington and Somerset; instrument maker; experimentalist
Date22 February 1663
DescriptionStates that a paper is enclosed with details of Potter's cart with legs with figures
Figures of the legs with explanations are attached
Read to the Royal Society on 4 March 1662
LanguageEnglish
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialEL/P1/40 for Robert Hooke's account of Potter's cart with legs
B&W negative, Box N101. IM/005331
RelatedRecordIM/005331
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/949032b2-d2b3-4a8f-8048-32b74671f08a
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8372Aubrey; John (1626 - 1697); antiquary and biographer1626 - 1697
NA1388Potter; Francis (1594 -1678); clergyman, instrument maker, and experimentalist1594 -1678
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