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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).
List comparing the weights of different axle, brake, wheel, and spring configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\2\  02-page049
Date  15th January 1914 guessed
  
Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}13/L12114. Sheet. 2


ordinary side springs used. 484 lbs.

Lanchester worm axle single brakes, R.W. wire
wheels 895 X 135 with tyres. Grasshopper 468 "
springs used.

Delaunay-Belleville rear axle, single brakes,
plain wood wheels 935 X 135 with tyres.
Ordinary side springs used. 602 "

Peerless rear axle with double rear brakes on
single drums, with wood wheels and devisable
rims fitted with 38" X 5½" tyres. Ordinary
side springs are used. 625 "
  
  


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