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).
Bar chart comparing the endurance in hours of various connecting rod bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\1\ scan0020 | |
| Date | 22th January 1936 | |
| BV.100 TOTAL RUNNING TIME WITH VARIOUS CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS ON ENDURANCE HOURS RUN 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 WHITE - METAL 237 HRS. R.R. LEAD-BRONZE 192 HRS. STRIPS HALL'S METAL HALL'S METAL ON STEEL SHELLS SOLID HALL'S METAL SEIZED 780 1/2 HRS. DURALUMIN CONN. RODS 26 HRS. R.R. 56 ALLOY SOLID BEARINGS 20 HRS. TOTAL ENDURANCE RUNNING ON ALL TYPES = 1255 1/2 HRS. MTHS{Reg Matthews} | ||