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).
Listing the approximate weights of various chassis batteries.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\4\ img144 | |
| Date | 23th March 1934 | |
| 86122 Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/MS. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/MA.23.3.34. CHASSIS BATTERIES. Replying to your Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/MS.4/P.22.3.34., the following are the approximate weights of the batteries requested, complete with acid and charged. 20/25 HP. Chassis. D.52370. 81 lbs. 40/50 HP. Chassis. D.72806. 100 lbs. 40/50 HP. Chassis New Proposed Battery D.74047. 92 lbs. Bentley Chassis D.100256. 76½ lbs. These weights include the batter lids and roughly 3 lbs for the 40/50 HP. and 2lbs in the case of the Bentley and 20/25 should be deducted from each weight to give the approximate weight of the battery without the lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||