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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).
Request to investigate the vibration of the front end of a Bentley frame using a Chronograph.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 86\4\  scan0182
Date  22th September 1934
  
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

X227

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}18/KW.22.9.34.

Vibration of Front End of Bentley Frame.

We wish to carry out an investigation of the vibration of the front end of the Bentley frame by means of our Chronograph.

The chassis on which the investigation is to be carried out is 1-B-IV.

For the purpose of the experiments we shall require the rig shown on the attached Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1524.

Will you please make such drawings as are necessary and construct the rig as soon as possible.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy.
  
  


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