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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).
Accelerometer record showing performance test results for a Chrysler 75 vehicle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\2\  scan0137
Date  23th January 1929
  
"Chrysler 75"
Chassis No.
Passengers: 2
Axle ratio
ACCELEROMETER RECORD.
Date. 23-1-29
Type of body: Allweather
Weight unladen Front total. Rear: 32 1/2 cwt.
Road conditions: fair. wet. greasy
Run on Shardlow Road, towards Derby.
1st gear to 10 M.P.H. = 8 ft sec^2
On top Gear.
50 M.P.H.
=1.9 ft sec^2
40 M.P.H.
=2.5 ft sec^2
30 M.P.H.
=2.9 ft sec^2
20 M.P.H.
=3.4 ft sec^2
30 to 10 M.P.H. = 9 secs
=3.7 ft sec^2
  
  


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