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).
Departmental memo with a diagram illustrating a test rig for a car's spring shackle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 1st June 1910 | |
| R.R. 348A (100 H) (P 14. 21.4.10) E.P. 6547. X433 DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. Issued 1st June. 1910. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. Mr Emanuel's Car No 760. [Entry 1] Name of Person addressed: Mr Nadin. DATE: 1/6/10. [STAMPS: RECEIVED D JUN 1 1910; RECEIVED 2 JUN 1910] Text: AW19/CE610. Spring shackles for this car. Mr Royce stated that we ought to test the breaking strain of the shackle which the chauffeur complains about. Will you please take up this matter at once, and oblige. [Entry 2] Name of Person addressed: [Crossed out: AU. Wormald] Mr. Barrington DATE: June 8.10 [STAMP: POSTED 8 JUN 1910] [Handwritten notes in red ink with diagram] Initialled: OFW Diagram annotations: groove bar to fit clip, Say 3", 30 inches, 2" Sq Steel, Wood, 2" Sq steel, Weight wt reqd about 10 cwts, Stretching table. Instructions: Will you please test a shackle as indicated. add load of 1 cwt at a time and take reading between each addition. OFW [Other markings] Left margin: X654 [Footer] This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||