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Comparing the weights of a Rudge-Whitworth wheel and a Dunlop Wire Wheel for a standard chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 81\1\  scan0061
Date  6th March 1919
  
R.R. 235 B (200 T) (S.F. 103. 25-10-18) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2244.

To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} from EH.

X.3044.

EHL/LG6.3.19.
6th. Mar. 1919.

With reference to tryes for standard chassis, the
weight of a Rudge-Whitworth detachable wheel with a Dunlop
Magnum tyre 895 mm x 150 mm is 72 lbs. The weight of a
Dunlop Wire Wheel fitted with a Dunlop groove tyre
895 mm x 135 mm is 68 lbs.

EH.
  
  
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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