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Table of loading tests for front and rear springs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 52\2\  Scan046
Date  9th August 1922 guessed
  
TABLE OF. LOADINGS RETURNED UNDER TEST BY MESSRS. ROLLS ROYCE
FRONT & REAR SPRINGS.
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Spring No. Deflection. Loading. cwts.qrs.lbs. Spring No. Deflection. Loading. cwts.qrs.lbs

R E A R. {Sir Henry Royce} R E A R. {Sir Henry Royce}
R.1. R.3.
1" 1. 2. 21. 1" 1. 3. 0.
2" 3. 1. 7. 2" 3. 1. 17.
3" 5. 0. 0. 3" 5. 0. 10.
4" 6. 2. 10. 4" 6. 3. 0.
Flat. 4.13/16" 8. 0. 0. Flat. 4.1/2" 7. 2. 21.
5.13/16" 9. 2. 24. 5.1/2" 9. 2. 0.
6.13/16" 11. 2. 0. 6.1/2" 11. 1. 0.
7.13/16" 13. 1. 17. 7.1/2" 13. 0. 20.
8.13/16" 15. 2. 0. 8.1/2" 15. 1. 0.
9. 9/16" 17. 1. 14. 9.1/4" 16. 3. 20.

R.2. R.4.
1" 1. 3. 0. 1" 1. 3. 0.
2" 3. 1. 14. 2" 3. 1. 14.
3" 5. 0. 0. 3" 5. 0. 7.
4" 6. 2. 10. 4" 6. 2. 24.
Flat. 4.3/4" 8. 0. 0. Flat. 4.5/8" 7. 3. 8.
5.3/4" 9. 2. 10. 5.5/8" 9. 2. 7.
6.3/4" 11. 1. 18. 6.5/8" 11. 1. 14.
7.3/4" 13. 1. 7. 7.5/8" 13. 1. 10.
8.3/4" 15. 1. 14. 8.5/8" 15. 1. 21.
9.1/2" 17. 0. 20. 9.3/4" 17. 1. 10.

F R O N T. F R O N T.
R.5. R.7.
1" 1. 2. 21. 1" 1. 2. 24.
2" 3. 1. 3. 2" 3. 1. 5.
Flat. 2.7/8" 4. 3. 0. Flat. 2.7/8" 4. 3. 3.
3.7/8" 6. 1. 21. 3.7/8" 6. 1. 23.
4.7/8" 8. 1. 14. 4.7/8" 8. 1. 16.
5.1/2" 9. 3. 0. 5.1/2" 9. 3. 1.

R.6. R.8.
1" 1. 2. 22. 1" 1. 2. 26.
2" 3. 1. 7. 2" 3. 1. 9.
Flat. 2.7/8" 4. 2. 26. Flat. 2.7/8" 4. 3. 6.
3.7/8" 6. 2. 0. 3.7/8" 6. 2. 0.
4.7/8" 8. 1. 14. 4.7/8" 8. 1. 24.
5.1/2" 9. 2. 16. 5.1/2" 9. 3. 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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