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).
Investigation into a failed side steering tube spring.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\1\ scan0228 | |
| Date | 28th December 1927 | |
| To HL. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8450? Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG28.12.27. We have sent to you a side steering tube spring F.54789. This spring has failed on test. We should be obliged if you would see whether it is of satisfactory material and satisfactorily tempered. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||