TESTED FOR TIPPINESS.
Before a motor omnibus is put into commission m London it is tested for stability. It is mounted on a platform that is then tilted sideways and th« point at which it will tip over is registered. Then it is loaded with, the weight of a full complement of passengers, inside and out, tilted again and fbe capsizing point taken. A properly built omnibus falls over when empty when the axle? are tilted to an angle of 41 degrees. When the top is loaded and the 'bus is empty inside the angle of capsizing i* 28 degrees. When it i« loaded inside and out it is stable uatil tilted to an angle of 35 dt^Nes.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13156, 16 August 1913, Page 9
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118TESTED FOR TIPPINESS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13156, 16 August 1913, Page 9
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