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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).
Log of battery charging and performance data, including cell densities and ampere-hour calculations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 38\5\  Scan181
Date  16th December 1921 guessed
  
(3) Contd.

Date.

(12) Cell densities:-
(1) 1140 (4) 1120
(2) 1110 (5) 1140
(3) 1110 (6) 1145
9.12.21

(13) Third charge equivalent to average current
of 6 amperes
for 18 hours
i.e. ampere-hours = 108
9-12-21
10.12.21

(14) Cell densities.
(1) 1285 (4) 1280
(2) 1280 (5) 1285
(3) 1280 (6) 1280
12.12.21

(15) Initial amperes = 115
Time to 104 amperes = 5/5 mins.
" " 100 " = 10.2 "
" " 90 " = 14.3 "
" " 80 " = 15.25 "
12.12.21

(16) Fourth charge equivalent to average current
of 6 amperes
for 18 hours
i.e. ampere-hours = 108
12-12-21
13-12-21

(17) Ampere-hours realised up to a point where record takes a sudden turn down: -50.8
16.12.21

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