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).
Confirmation of a telegram from R. (Royce) to Clark regarding a 'gyrostatic wobble' issue and arranging a meeting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan022 | |
| Date | 4th September 1925 | |
| X487 CONFIRMATION OF TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM R, on 4.9.25. "CLARK. ROYCAR DERBY. X.457. X.8430. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A GYROSTATIC WOBBLE AND CAN IT BE AT WHEEL SPEED WITH SUITABLE MOUNTING. IS IT THE SAME AS THE ORDINARY PRECESSION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND SEE MEE WITH HIVES ON TUESDAY ABOUT THIS AND THINGS GENERALLY. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT BY ADDING THE WEIGHT OF THE BRAKE DRUM WE HAVE BROUGHT THE GYROSTATIC WOBBLE TO THE SPEED OF THE ROAD WHEEL. TELEPHONE ME ABOUT TWO OCLOCK. ROYCE." | ||