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Carter No.: 333

Handlist description: Chariot and whip

Card/Transcription No.: 333-09


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Mortice
Peripheral rim
Leather tyre
block
Tongue
wedges
leather tyre
Tongue
Radial bar
1.9
4.2
3.8
1.3
1.2
2.6
1.6

Diagram showing how the spoke is tongued and morticed into the felloe or peripheral rim.

Made in two pieces of straight-grained wood.

Felloes made of straight-grained wood bent to the required circle.

Wood has the appearance of being oak.

(Chariot No. 333)

Card no. 333-09 relating to Carter no. 333
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