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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 from Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd. providing a table of maximum axle loads and corresponding tyre pressures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 39\2\  Scan109
Date  22th October 1921
  
MICHELIN TYRE Co. LTD. -2- 22nd October. 1921

Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited. 14/15 Conduit Street. W. 1.


Maximum load per axle Cwts Pressure per sq: inch;
Section. Single Twin
Cwts Cwts

135 Cwts 60 70
55 60
50 55

150 30 60
32 65
35 75

155 35 65
40 75
45 90

165 67 65
77 75
80 80
87 90


We are, dear Sirs,

Yours faithfully,

MICHELIN TYRE Co. LTDN
[Signature]


5891-20
  
  


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