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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).
The optimal weight of a steering wheel concerning its mounting on an overhanging tube.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 72\3\  scan0239
Date  7th March 1924 guessed
  
contd:-

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(c) Perhaps watch [handwritten above 'what' which is struck out] that our steering wheel is not too light - (a large heavy steering wheel would be good from this point, but bad because it would be too heavy to carry on an overhanging tube.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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