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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHASSIS (Fr. chassis, a See also:frame, from the See also:Late. See also:Lat. capsum, an enclosed space) , properly a window-See also:frame, from which is derived the word " See also:sash "; also the movable traversing frame of a See also:gun, and more particularly that See also:part of a motor vehicle consisting of the wheels, frame and machinery, on which the See also:body or See also:carriage part rests .

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