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).
Page discussing stress testing methodology and the balance between component strength and unnecessary weight, referencing Lanchester's back axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\1\ Scan010 | |
| Date | 18th March 1912 guessed | |
| (3) This last test should be made on a good foundation of concrete or on an iron plate. Repeat and increase the test until the weakest place is found; increase the strength of this and lighten others, the theory being that it should all fail together. Lanchester's back axle looks so small and so much less strong that I think we are now overdoing strength, with the disadvantage of unnecessary weight. F.H.R. | ||