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 wire from Royce regarding gyrostatic wobble and wheel precession.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan020 | |
| Date | 4th September 1925 | |
| S.R. 235A (100 T) (S.H. 159, 11-8-20) G 2800 X457 CONFIRMATION OF WIRE. COPY to OJ. " " WD.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} " " RY. WEST WITTERINGHenry Royce's home town. 4. 9. 25. CLARKE. ROYCAR. DERBY. 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 ME 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 O'CLOCK. ROYCE. [Watermark: DICKINSON BOND 1804 CROXLEY] | ||