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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 unreliability of acceleration and four-wheel brake tests published in 'The Motor' magazine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 73\3\  scan0280
Date  19th March 1925
  
To PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG19.3.25.

ACCELERATION - FOUR WHEEL BRAKES.

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We hope the attached notes will be useful.

We intend to let you have our reasons why we consider the tests published in 'The Motor' are not reliable. We think it is necessary to do this in case some of our own cars are subjected to similar tests.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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