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).
Secret memo reporting on the results of a 55-hour bumping test for 'India' pivots on a front axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\1\ scan0008 | |
| Date | 7th April 1925 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Handwritten: x5420 S E C R E T. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG1 7.4.25. 'INDIA' PIVOTS. Handwritten: x5420 / x4268 We have now completed 55 hrs. bumping on the India front axle with the pivots with increased radius. There are no signs of cracks starting on the pivots. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Watermark (inverted): MADE AT CROXLEY | ||