Triumph VIN Number Reference Chart

[David Owen]

Look what I found:

 

http://tr4a.weebly.com/uploads/2/1/9/8/21980360/tr2-4a-09a_7_restoration.pdf

 

 

Edited June 14, 2020 by David Owen

[BlueTR3A-5EKT]

Yep,, Pete Taylor's  work.  Straight out the Moss parts catalogue.

 

Peter W

[David Owen]

Big find for me.  It’s all new. 

[RobH]

David - as Peter says that seems to be a scan PDF of an old version of the Moss (europe) catalogue.  It is a very useful publication and contains a lot of useful gen like that. They distribute it free and will send you an up-to-date copy if asked .

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/moss-parts-accessories-catalogues.html

[BlueTR3A-5EKT]

If we were writing that catalogue again there are omissions and additions required as the world has moved on and more product is available.  Also the fact that it is now the basis of the Moss web catalogue means more illustrations are required, not text notes. 

As Rob has said, get yourself a printed copy as it contains a wealth of text articles that are not included on the Moss web site sales pages. 

Cheers

Peter W

PS  We called them 'Tech Tips'

Edited June 15, 2020 by BlueTR3A-5EKT

[David Owen]

Thanks gentlemen.  Already ordered.  As is my TR Register Membership.

[roy53]

interesting chart but as i own the last known TR 3 of the production line [ confirmed ] and it has the number 22061 

Perhaps the chart has some errors .

Roy

[ianc]

Pity about the mis-spelling of Supersession - occurs all too often.

Comes from the Latin verb sedere, not cedere.

Ian Cornish (a.k.a. Pedant)

[BlueTR3A-5EKT]

24 minutes ago, ianc said:

Pity about the mis-spelling of Supersession - occurs all too often.

Comes from the Latin verb sedere, not cedere.

Ian Cornish (a.k.a. Pedant)

Must be a repro

The spelling is correct in my original signed by PAB

That'll be the American based spell checker that also does not know how to spell aluminium.

 

Peter W

 

[james christie]

« That'll be the American based spell checker that also does not know how to spell aluminium. »

Nor do they know how to pronounce it!!

james

[Lebro]

[BlueTR3A-5EKT]

30 minutes ago, james christie said:

« That'll be the American based spell checker that also does not know how to spell aluminium. »

Nor do they know how to pronounce it!!

james

I thought It was something to do with an US university wanting all metal elements to finish with the same sound/letters.

However a search of the thing called the web finds:-

Spelling

The -ium suffix followed the precedent set in other newly discovered elements of the time: potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all of which Davy isolated himself). Nevertheless, element names ending in -um were known at the time, for example, platinum (known to Europeans since the 16th century), molybdenum (discovered in 1778), and tantalum (discovered in 1802). The -um suffix is consistent with the universal spelling alumina for the oxide (as opposed to aluminia); compare to lanthana, the oxide of lanthanum, and magnesia, ceria, and thoria, the oxides of magnesium, cerium, and thorium, respectively.

In 1812, British scientist Thomas Young[103] wrote an anonymous review of Davy's book, in which he objected to aluminum and proposed the name aluminium: "for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound."[104] This name did catch on: while the -um spelling was occasionally used in Britain, the American scientific language used -ium from the start.[105] Most scientists used -ium throughout the world in the 19th century;[106] it still remains the standard in most other languages.[102] In 1828, American lexicographer Noah Webster used exclusively the aluminum spelling in his American Dictionary of the English Language.[107] In the 1830s, the -um spelling started to gain usage in the United States; by the 1860s, it had become the more common spelling there outside science.[105] In 1892, Hall used the -um spelling in his advertising handbill for his new electrolytic method of producing the metal, despite his constant use of the -ium spelling in all the patents he filed between 1886 and 1903. It was subsequently suggested this was a typo rather than intended.[102] By 1890, both spellings had been common in the U.S. overall, the -ium spelling being slightly more common; by 1895, the situation had reversed; by 1900, aluminum had become twice as common as aluminium; during the following decade, the -um spelling dominated American usage.[108] In 1925, the American Chemical Society adopted this spelling.[108]

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990.[109] In 1993, they recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant;[109] the most recent 2005 edition of the IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry acknowledges this spelling as well.[110] IUPAC official publications use the -ium spelling as primary but list both where appropriate.[f]

 

Cheers

Peter W

 

[ianc]

Well done, Peter.  What a pity someone messed it up when copying your info.

Interesting info on the -ium versus -um spelling of elements.

Ian Cornish