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:- -2- (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} | ||