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Proposal for modifying a shock absorber with a torsional spring to act as an anti-wobbling device.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\July1925-September1925\  Scan192
Date  4th September 1925 guessed
  
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idea if it was given a fair chance. If the shock absorber arms and ball ends were strengthened, the rod replaced by a tubular sleeve on which was a set up torsional spring so arranged that no criss cross motion could start until the load on the shock absorbers arm ball exceeded 250 - 300 lbs., the result of [inserted above line] we believe this [struck through] might prove some [struck through] service as an anti-wobbling device.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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