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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).
Diagram and calculation of a vehicle's weight distribution, center of gravity, and periodic swing time.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 43\2\  Scan241
Date  29th March 1928 guessed
  
PT OF SUPPORT
11.33'
.950"
C of G
27.6"
OF WHEEL
6.83'
5.10'

Axle weights - front 400 lbs.
rear 576 lbs.

Weight of car - front 19 cwts. 1 qr. = 2158 lbs.
rear 24 cwts. 0 qr. = 2687 lbs.

TOTAL : = 4845 lbs.

Periodic time swinging as above = 4.000 secs.
  
  


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