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I only borrowed the book (it sells for like £400 used) so cannot remember exactly...Someone has very helpfully created a pdf which can be accessed foc.
I don't think there is a specific paragraph that sets it all out but some quote I can quickly pull down,
"The lower the spoke tension, the more the
spokes not under load tend to bend. They
spend their short lives being bent and
stretched, bent and stretched."
"Spoke holes of over 2.3 mm in the flange are anything but ideal for use with 1.8 mm or 2.0 mm
spokes. If no washers are used before the spokes
are laced, then the spoke will have a certain
amount of play, it will move in the spoke hole
every time the load changes, extends the diameter, becomes brittle and breaks at the elbow."
Ah, here we go, I had it slightly wrong.
"When replacing spokes which have broken at the
elbow always use a washer under the new spoke.
After the repair has been carried out, check the
tension of every spoke on the wheel and - in most
cases - increase the tension. If spokes later still
tend to break on the wheel then I recommend
replacing every spoke, using a washer beneath
each one."
But yes, AvE makes the same point in a way that's infinitely more enjoyable to digest.