Numbered list of engine components, tests, and tasks, including a request for work for the fitting shop.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\3\ img138 | |
| Date | 24th February 1937 | |
| -2- Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} 8/R.24.2.37. (12) P.III outer steering column black stove enamelled Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /PJH12/AP.13.1.37. (13) B.19 Unit - Special bearings Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl {Len H. Swindell} 15/JH.16.2.37. (14) Crankshaft with special holes in pins Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 12/JH. 8.1.37. (15) B.18. Vandervell W/M bearings - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 18/AP.26.1.37. (16) B.2. Unit. Large journal crank - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 8/AP.26.1.37. (17) Modified Cylinder Head - LeC.5367. (18) Short duration camshaft with long toes LeC.5426. (19) Rockers W/M bush and coppered shaft - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 15/M.13.2.37. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 5/AP.4.2.37. (20) Packing up of P.III Valve Gear - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 2/R.20.2.37. (21) Special Valve Guides & Valves for No.10 - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 16/JH.16.2.37. (22) Camshaft for Trial on Continental Unit - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 9/M.2.2.37. (23) New No.16 unit or any of parts specified - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 6/AP.26.1.37. (24) LeC.5401 Short Duration Camshaft. (25) LeC.5441 Solid Rockers. (26) No.8 Unit small base circle camshaft - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 2/AP. 9.12.36. (27) Stelliting experiments Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 16/AP.16.11.36. (28) Oil Pump tests Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 5/AP.24.12.36. (29) Oil flow through connecting rods - Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 8/JH.9.3.36. (30) 4 HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} box for dynamo. We should also like to send into the Fitting Shop:- (1) 29-EX for re-lining of the clutch. (2) 22.G.V. for 10,000 miles inspection - as per memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} 9/AP.13.2.37. | ||
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).