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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).
Weight comparison between a Standard Bentley Marston Mark III Matrix and a Marston Mark V Matrix.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 87\1\  scan0101
Date  5th October 1934
  
X260
5.10.34.

Comparison of Weights of Bentley Radiator Matrices.
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Standard Bentley Marston Mark III Matrix (84 m.m.).

Weight, empty - 83.25 lbs.

Water capacity (filled to 2 1/2" from filler cap) 20.00 lbs. = 2 gallons.

Total weight - 103.25 lbs.

MATRIX ONLY 38 LBS

Marston Mark V Matrix (58 m.m.).

Weight, empty - 74.25 lbs.

Water capacity (filled as above) 13.75 lbs. = 11 pts.

Total weight - 88.00 lbs.

MATRIX ONLY 28 LBS [struck through] 31.5

Nett saving in weight = 15.25 lbs.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.S. Steadman.
  
  


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