Letter to Ransome & Marles Bearing Co. Ltd. inquiring about the status of bearing preload tests, now required for the Aero Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0137 | |
| Date | 11th October 1939 | |
| 1153 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 11th. October, 1939. F.O.Hickling, Esq., Messrs. Ransome & Marles Bearing Co. Ltd., Newark, NOTTS. Dear Hickling, You may remember some time ago I asked you whether you could start some tests to determine the rate of loss of preload of bearings using different lubricants. Whereas this test was originally one connected with motor-cars, similar information is now required by our Aero Department. I am wondering, therefore, how the tests are going or whether you have had to stop them since the War began. Do look me up if you are over here because I am still at the Factory. Yours sincerely, | ||
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).