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Note on tyre deflection, the disappointing performance of balloon tyres, and a personal mention of illness.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\O\April1926-June1926\  Scan13
Date  26th April 1928
  
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tyre deflection cannot be damped. This I believe is why tyres (balloons) are slightly disappointing.

Regret influenza has again kept me quiet for a week.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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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