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).
Front and back cover of 'The Dragon', a Fafnir publication about ball bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0547 | |
| Date | 1st November 1939 | |
| The BIRTH of a BEARING Is A Big Event! The father of a few children who amount to something has done mankind a greater service than the father of thirteen, if he aims most of his brood toward reform school. It's the same way with ball bearings. An over-zealous bearing manufacturer, at the whims of an over-anxious bearing user, can produce a lot of unhappy "children" . . . . Bearings whose place in the world of industry is so limited that, from birth, they're headed for an early death or quick reform. Fafnir measures completeness of line in usefulness rather than numbers alone. That is why the birth of a bearing is important at Fafnir, for each new arrival is destined for a key place in a big, healthy, successful family. FAFNIR Ball Bearings No. 231 Rolls Royce Ltd, Technical Library, The DRAGON A FAFNIR PUBLICATION NOVEMBER 1939 | ||