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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).
Two graphs comparing rolling resistance and distance rolled from rest for two different tyre types at various inflation pressures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 53\3\  Scan008
Date  6th January 1927 guessed
  
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GRAPH 1:
MACHINE TESTS ON ROLLING RESISTANCE FIG 1.
SPEED 50 M.P.H
ROLLING RESISTANCE LBS WT/TN
INFLATION PRESSURE LBS/SQ IN.
33 x 6.75 TYRE
33 x 5 TYRE

GRAPH 2:
DISTANCE ROLLED FROM REST YDS
ROAD ROLLING RESISTANCE TESTS FIG: 2.
INFLATION PRESSURE LBS/SQ IN.
33 x 6.75 TYRES
33 x 5 TYRES
  
  


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