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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).
Advisability of conducting hill-climbing tests on high and low compression chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\3\  Scan068
Date  15th April 1920
  
R R.{Sir Henry Royce} 830a (20 T) (8.11 9-4-5-19) (1. 2470)
X788
To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. Tests on High and Low Compression Chassis
BJ8/S14420
[Handwritten]: alt to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}9/L619-4-
Thank-you for the information given in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG12.4.20.
Do you think it would be advisable to make a test on hills with the respective chassis, as hill-climbing is of importance ?
I do not know whether the Brooklands test hill is still in use.
BJ
[Stamp]: RECEIVED [Clock face stamp] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} APR 1920
[Stamp]: RECEIVED 15 APR 1920
  
  


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