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The continued use of cast bearings over centrifugal bearings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 115\3\  scan0209
Date  16th March 1938
  
RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /JWW
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
BY.7/N.16.3.38.
1020 or
200a
Re: A.C. Bearing Material.
Referring to RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 8/MJ.10.8.38, after examining the bearings removed from 6.B.IV, I consider we shall have to continue with the cast bearings, until such time that better results are obtained from centrifugal bearings.
BY. {R.W. Bailey - 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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