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Tests on 12 1/2% thin leaf Woodhead springs in France following consistent failures.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 42\3\  Scan172
Date  20th November 1924
  
To CJ. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 8/LG20.11.24.

TESTS WITH 12 1/2% THIN LEAF WOODHEAD SPRINGS IN FRANCE.

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Referring to the attached. As a result of the consistent failures of the bottom leaf of the front springs on the bumping test. Suggestions have been made by R. {Sir Henry Royce} to improve this. We are expecting the Firths 12 1/2% springs to be better in this respect. Tests are now in hand both in France and on the bumping test.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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