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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).
Letter responding to an inquiry about a car's compression ratio and tyre pressures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 89\5\  scan0068
Date  30th November 1939
  
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Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/MH.{M. Huckerby}

30th. November, 1939.

A.H.R.Fedden, Esq.,
The Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd.,
Filton House,
BRISTOL.

Dear Fedden,

Thank you for your letter of 28th. November.

We have not altered the compression ratio of your car.

I cannot understand the tyre pressures. These were blown up and checked a few minutes before the car left the Factory.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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