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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).
Comparative car speeds on Brooklands and a proposal for a new test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\3\  Scan144
Date  24th November 1925
  
To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce}

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R3/M24.11.25.

RE. SPEED ON BROOKLANDS.

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X. 8920
X. 8771

The London to Edinburgh car of about 1911. I seem to remember did 78½ miles on Brooklands, now with greater H.P. we only do 74. The former must have been better for windage.

I think it would be good to try EAC.1. on Brook-lands as soon as it is doing well. It would be [strikethrough]XX[/strikethrough] so good to test if it held the road, etc.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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