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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).
Continued list of technical specifications for an Essex vehicle, including a sketch of the brake lever.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 21\6\  Scan013
Date  24th January 1921 guessed
  
Contd.

Essex.

4.1.2L.

Rear springs - semi-elliptic - slung under axle.
Foot brake compensated.
Hand non-compensated.
Porpeller shaft uncovered.
Torque taken by road springs.
Speedometer drive taken from gearbox (positive.)
Battery carried inside Frame.
Dynamo drive coupling by piece of hose pipe.
Four blad Fan driven by flat belt.
Thermo-syphon cooling.
Hand controlled shutter at front of radiator.
Oil level indicator in glass tube.
Sketch showing bottom portion of brake lever and quadrant on side of gearbox.

Steering wheel 17" dia.
Carburetter bolted direct to cylinder casting.
  
  


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