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Calculation of the total weight of a chassis, its components, and bodywork.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\3\  03-page105
Date  15th June 1906
  
7400. Long ch. 7200
Weights of Chasses

[Column headers]: cwts qrs lbs
Chassis = 22 2 0
Oil contents 1 gall = 10
Water 17 galls = 1 70
Tyres (2 cwt 0qrs 2lbs) 1 2 12
Tools including Pump and jack 32
Spares (Plugs and valve) 5
Petrol 14 galls 96

Side and tail lamps = 14
Horn 7
Number plates 2
Ignition accumulators 51
= Tot 74 lbs

Open 5 seated body, no hood or screen, with metal wings = 4 0 0
Total weight of all of above = 30 3 20

[Right side calculations]
Chassis with Tyres = 24 0 12
other part of outfit = 1 3 10
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Total = 26 3 0

4 0 0
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30 3 20
  
  
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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