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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).
Graph plotting horsepower lost in various tyres against speed in miles per hour.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 158\2\  scan0023
Date  2nd May 1939
  
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TYRE LOSSES AT RATED PRESSURES
CURVES AT FULL THROTTLE
UNDER LOAD.
WEIGHT ON 2 TYRES TESTED
1920 LBS APPROX.
DOTTED CURVES SHEW LOSSES
AS GIVEN BY THE ANDREAU
FORMULA
HP. LOST IN TYRES
M.P.H.
INDIA 34 LB/IN²
DUNLOP 33 LB/IN²
MICHELIN PILOTE 27 LB/IN²
ANDREAU 30 LB/IN²
ANDREAU 44 LB/IN²
DUNLOP TRACK RACING 44 LB/IN²
  
  


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