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Analysis of component damage resulting from a skid and impact with a bank.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\July1925-September1925\  Scan258
Date  16th September 1925
  
contd :- -2- Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMM/LG16.9.25.
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oblique skid, combined with the solid effect produced
with brake shoes hard on: that the blow, when tyre struck
the bank, acting in the same direction, was sufficient to
cause the arm to take a permanent set to the extent, and
in the manner it was twisted.




Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW.
  
  
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