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Agreed brake arrangement for all S.S. cars, with a diagram of lever dimensions.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 26\4\  Scan385
Date  10th May 1929
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x719
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/LG10.5.29.

S.S. BRAKES. x7420

The following is the agreed brake arrangement for all S.S. cars. 21-EX is at present so equipped.

45º cams.
Woven cotton A. {Mr Adams} discs.

1.375
1.3750
2.188

Ferodo bonded asbestos or Ferobestos material - not yet settled.

We have only given the dimensions of levers that have been subject to alteration.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /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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