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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).
Comparison sketch of Firestone and Goodyear wheel rim sections with handwritten notes.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 42\4\  Scan145
Date  9th June 1920
  
Fig I
This should be 1/8" radius
1/16"
A
Good design well rounded corner.
Firestone section of rim
This should be 1/8" radius.
1/16"
Fig II
R
+
This very sharp corner gave trouble in another similar make of rim
Goodyear section of rim
Copy of sketch attached to Mr. Fergusson's letter of June 9 '20
  
  


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