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).
Letter from Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. clarifying that the measurable difference between a tyre under load and one running light is negligible.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\2\ Scan302 | |
| Date | 23th September 1930 | |
| X4050. DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "DUNLOPS, PHONE, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE: BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL 4108 (P.B.E) EXTENSION No 482 YOUR REF: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/AD OUR REF: HP/MS.9 Technical Representative, Manufacturers Division. FORT DUNLOP ERDINGTON BIRMINGHAM Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY. 23rd September, 1930. For the attention of W.A.Robotham, Esq. Dear Sirs, 20 HP. & 40/50 TYRES. The question raised in your letter of the 22nd, is really covered by the last paragraph of our letter of September 19th, and we regret our reference was not sufficiently clear. As a matter of fact, the difference between a tyre under load and one running light, is so slight, that it could not be measured. Yours faithfully, FOR DUNLOP RUBBER CO.,LTD., [Signature] [Stamp: RECEIVED SEP 24 1930 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}] | ||