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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).
Page 2 of a memo discussing a friction-damped spring coupling in the transmission, referencing the Silver Ghost model.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\4\  scan0151
Date  30th May 1932 guessed
  
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all our cars, XXX made, or to be made.

EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} pointed out in a memo. to me that
in the Silver Ghost days we fitted a spring coupling
between the flywheel and gearbox, and which was friction
damped. This seems still to be required somewhere
along the line of transmission.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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