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).
Testing new 40/50 type steel artillery wheels on a bumping rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\3\ Scan185 | |
| Date | 1st January 1925 | |
| X4586 To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LGS.1.25. 40/50 NEW TYPE STEEL ARTILLERY WHEELS. Referring to BJ9/H7.1.25. We consider that if we test the new artillery wheels on the bumping rig and they prove satisfactory, that there would be very little risk in supplying these to customers. This is agreed to by BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} We are therefore arranging that these wheels shall be tested on the bumping rig immediately. We are quite satisfied that the modifications made to the wheels make them definitely better than any of the previous steel artillery wheels we have fitted to our cars. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||