Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

Page discussing the effect of tyre pressure on petrol consumption.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\2\  scan0024
Date  25th May 1923 guessed
  
contd:- -2-

produces a correspondingly small percentage
difference in the consumption. The difference
in petrol consumption between tyres at 40 lbs.
per sq.in. pressure and 50 lbs. per sq.in.
pressure at ordinary touring speed, will obviously
be very small.

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).


Copyright Sustain 2026, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙