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Correcting the wheel revolutions per mile figure for a specific Dunlop tyre.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 58\1\  Scan099
Date  15th May 1930
  
X5820.
To Oy. From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.
c. to Ey.
c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.1/MJ.15.5.30.
X3895
X7820
X5820
TYRE SIZES.
With reference to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.2/MJ.8.5.30., the figure of 630.5" quoted for the wheel revs/mile of the 7 x 20" Silent Tread Fort Reinforced Dunlop tyre is incorrect, it should read 618 revs/mile.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.
  
  
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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