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Test data for Woodheads rear road springs showing weight applied and released.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 42\3\  Scan144
Date  16th March 1923
  
X3854
Mr. Hives. from GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
16.3.23.
REAR ROAD SPRINGS - WOODHEADS.
2200 lbs. 10 leaves.

Weight applied. | Weight released.
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1/2 | 469 | 427
1 | 812 | 784
1 1/2 | 1176 | 1127
2 | 1554 | 1484
2 1/2 flat | 1904 | 1876
camber |
3 | 2268 | 2261
3 1/2 | 2688 | 2597
4 | 3059 | 2982

Leaves dry.

4 1/2 | 3598 | 3500
5 | 3983 | 3829
5 1/2 | 4340 | ----
  
  
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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