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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).
Test results and average life before breakage for front springs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 119\2\  scan0020
Date  26th May 1914
  
Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcrl/L26514. FRONT SPRINGS. Sheet 2

Piece No. | Description. | Time Hrs. Mins. | Results. | Reference.
F.4254 | Front Springs (Firth's steel) | 4 - 50 | Broke top plate. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}10/L18314
" | ditto. | 2 - 30 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}3/L19314.
" | " | 5 - 10 | " | "
" | " | 5 - 45 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}10/L18314.

Average life before breakage.

F4253. Front Spring. 9 hrs 20 mins. Average over one.
F4254. " " 6 " 16 " " " 14
  
  


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