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).
Disagreement over the calculation for loss of oil pressure to pins due to centrifugal force.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\6\ scan0003 | |
| Date | 19th January 1937 | |
| Lr{Mr Ellor}/Lov.{Mr Lovesey} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}26/R.19.1.37. OIL FEED TO PINS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth went over the figures of the loss of oil pressure to the pins, due to centrifugal force, and did not agree with the figure of 17 lbs per square inch, which you quoted. Herewith the way in which he arrived at the result. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||