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Car weight calculations for total weight, body, and consumables, with a note on chassis weight using wire wheels.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\3\  03-page106
Date  15th June 1906 guessed
  
R.R. & Co. Ltd. T.A. & D.O. No.
120V

cwts qrs lbs
Total weight of car = 31 . 0 . 0
" " body = 4 . 0 . 0
oil }
water } = 2 . 0 . 0
spares }
petrol }

Percentage of (3) to (1) equals about 0.5%
" " (3) to (2) " " 50%

NOTE
Mill

cwts qrs lbs
With wire wheels weight of chassis = 21 . 2 . 0
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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