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Report showing the effect of low tyre pressure on wheel revolutions per mile for speedometer readings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 59\2\  Scan012
Date  4th February 1930
  
X 4308.

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.1/MJ.4.2.30.

SPEEDOMETERS.

In reply to your EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 2/AD3.2.30., the following figures show the effect of low tyre pressures on the figure for road wheel revolutions per mile in the case of -

(1) 33"x 6.75" Dunlop Silent Tread tyre on S.S. car 19-EX(rear).

Tyre pressure lbs/sq.in. | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20
-----------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Wheel Revs/mile. | 609.2 | 612.2 | 615.2 | 621.2 | 627.3

2.97 o {Mr Oldham} /o increase

(2) 19"x 6" Dunlop Silent Tread tyre on 20HP. car (14-G4).

Tyre pressure lbs/sq.in. | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20
-----------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Wheel Revs/mile. | 662.5 | 666.1 | 670.5 | 675.9 | 683.1

3.11 o {Mr Oldham} /o increase

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.
  
  
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).


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