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Endurance testing and standardization of a chain drive.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 124\1\  scan0274
Date  29th November 1939
  
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To Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
c. to Jnr. {Charles L. Jenner}

Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 12/JH.29.11.39.

CHAIN DRIVE.

Until a chain will last our normal bearing endurance run of 30 hours we cannot think of standardising. We shall have to repeat the run (when we have a unit). In the meantime we are running a chain drive unit on the road to see if it remains silent.

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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