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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).
The material specification for a shaft for eccentrics on Phantom Cadillac type silent tappets.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 17\6\  Scan314
Date  19th September 1934
  
47060
To By:
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW.19.9.34.

Shaft for Eccentrics - Phantom Cadillac
Type Silent Tappets.

I have gone into the question of the material for this shaft. We understand that the one which was run in France was hardened and coppered, we should therefore like to repeat this on production.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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