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Graph from Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. plotting rolling resistance against time as a tyre heats up from a cold start.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 45\1\  Scan352
Date  19th November 1925 guessed
  
DUNLOP RUBBER Co. LTD., BIRMINGHAM.
SKETCHED BY
MILL
APPROVED BY
DATE
DEPARTMENT
RECORD NUMBER
Rolling Resistance (lbs. wt. per ton)
Time - Minutes
ROLLING RESISTANCE of 895 x
SPEED 50 m
1. Effect of Tyre Temperature.
(Tyre Started cold. 80 lb/sq.in)
  
  
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).


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