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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).
Vehicle damping, lever schemes, and independent rear suspension systems.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img298
Date  31th January 1934 guessed
  
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(F) The damping used on the front of the Cadillac is about 60 lbs at the wheel with a certain amount of pressure velocity effect superposed i.e.

Graph:
Y-axis: 50 LBS, LOAD
X-axis: OIL VEL

(G) In all the lever schemes, whether Dubonnet, Leon Laisne or others, there is a tendency for the car to either resist or exaggerate the normal tendency to dip when the brake torque is applied to the wheels. Oy has made a study of this a copy of which I [strikethrough] will let you have later.

(H) Independent Rear Suspension

Do Cadillacs have three cars running about fitted with a scheme which consists of radius arms running backwards about 20".
  
  


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