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).
Alteration to a Bakelite washer thickness for the 20 HP Chassis Spring Drive.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\3\ scan0161 | |
| Date | 25th April 1924 | |
| c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} +4222+ BY/SS{S. Smith}/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}25.4.24. RE 20 HP CHASSIS - SPRING DRIVE - SEC:5020. Alteration No.8678/E to F.53266 - Continental Bakelite Washer modifies the thickness from .050±7 to .062±7 to suit Makers' stock. This alteration allows these damping washers to be produced from the scrap of the larger slipper flywheel washers E.53172. Will EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} please inform us [STAMPED: EXAMINED] if this increase in thickness affects the working of the Spring Drive by the small addition to the Damping Load. BY/SS.{S. Smith} | ||