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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).
Brochure for Cambridge Recording Accelerometers, showing typical recorded data and product details.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 138\2\  scan0180
Date  1st June 1926
  
TYPICAL RECORDS.
Photographically Enlarged.

Fig. 18.
Record showing the vertical accelerations of a passenger lift travelling in an upward direction. The acceleration at the start, A, is clearly shown, followed by a short run at uniform speed (no acceleration), and the deceleration, D, as the lift stops. A vertical displacement of 30 mm. on the enlarged record represents an acceleration equal to “g.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp}” (Magnification 9 linear).

Fig. 19.
Record showing the vertical accelerations of a passenger lift travelling in a downward direction. A vertical displacement of 30 millimetres on the enlarged record represents an acceleration equal to “g.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp}” (Magnification 9 linear).

Fig. 20.
Record taken with the double accelerometer (Fig. 4), showing simultaneous (a) lateral and (b) vertical accelerations of an articulated first class Brake (L.N.E.R.) running on standard compound bolster bogies at a speed of 68 m.p.h. The instrument was placed in the compartment adjacent to the articulated coupling. The centre record gives the 0.1 second time marking. (Magnification 10 linear).

Cat. No. Fig. No.
32321 1 Recording Accelerometer, Standard Pattern.
32322 4 Ditto, Double Pattern.
32323 6 Combined Accelerometer and Air Speed Recorder.
34991 7 Enlarging Camera.
34992 8 Microscope.
31615 0.1 Second Time Marker.

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S. 3000 6-26

List No. 149.
CAMBRIDGE RECORDING ACCELEROMETERS
(Collins' Patent)

Fig. 1.
9 x 5 x 8 inches

CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LTD.
Head Office and Showrooms:
45, GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON, S.W.1
Telegrams: “UNIPIVOT, SOWEST, LONDON.”
Telephone: VICTORIA 7640 (3 lines)

Works: LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE

Branch Offices:
LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE BIRMINGHAM
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Repair Depôts: BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, NEWCASTLE
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