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Altering wheel design to accommodate various tyre makes and treads for optimal silence and performance.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 157\1\  scan0224
Date  17th October 1935 guessed
  
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We believe we shall be able to alter the design of the wheel so that we shall not be compelled to fit any one make of tyre to achieve a reasonable standard of silence, but it is likely that there will always be differences with different tyres and tyre treads, and we shall naturally favour those which give the best alround result.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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