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Accident involving the back axle of a Schmidt's 20 HP chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\2\  Scan151
Date  10th January 1923
  
To EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG10.1.23.

RE. BACK AXLE OF SCHMIDT'S 20 HP. CHASSIS.

I discussed this matter with R. {Sir Henry Royce} when I was at W.W. last week. The memo. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 1/BM28.12.22 was shown to R. {Sir Henry Royce} We could not understand from this memo. how the accident occurred. It was left wt that we would supply more information to R. {Sir Henry Royce} as soon as we had seen the broken case.

We cannot see that any useful purpose would be served by having a Technical Meeting.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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