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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).
Continued discussion on the characteristics of smaller road wheels, noting their flexibility and tendency to bounce.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\3\  scan0088
Date  25th March 1929 guessed
  
contd :- -2-

The smaller road wheels being inferior suggests
to me that they are more flexible and resilient on the road
and probably somewhat more liable to bounce, and at a lower speed
than their weight would suggest.


R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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