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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).
Data table of measurements for near-side front leaf springs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 106\1\  scan0340
Date  10th May 1933 guessed
  
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LABELLED NEAR SIDE FRONT.

Leaf Index No. | Load flat camber lb. | Defl. flat camber ins. | Length flat camber ins. | Average Thickness of leaf ins. | Length of taper ins. * | Thickness at tip ins.
Edge. | Centre.
Main | 68 | 3.300 | 38.06 | .177 | .177 | - | -
2 | 118 | 3.550 | 36.0 | .190 | .192 | 1.100 | .100
3 | 111 | 3.048 | 31.56 | .177 | .177 | 1.050 | .080
4 | 184 | 2.644 | 27.81 | .190 | .192 | 1.050 | .103 .085
5 | 226 | 1.990 | 24.69 | .204 | .204 | 1.150 | .107 .080
6 | 174 | 1.556 | 21.44 | .175 | .177 | 1.075 | .066
7 | 219 | 1.268 | 18.69 | .177 | .178 | 1.100 | .064 .050
8 | 294 | 1.100 | 16.19 | .176 | .178 | 1.300 | .080 .072
9 | 384 | .672 | 12.19 | .173 | .176 | 1.225 | .050
10 | 524 | .373 | 8.81 | .175 | .176 | 1.200 | .046

* These are average dimensions of each leaf, the total variation being in some cases as much as .200"
  
  


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