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).
Request to produce a Bentley rear axle centre box in cast-iron instead of aluminium for dynamometer testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0088 | |
| Date | 28th March 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X202 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/KW.28.3.36. Bentley Rear Axle. Will you please put in hand for us one Bentley rear axle centre box in cast-iron instead of the usual aluminium. We want to run this on the dynamometer to see whether the stiffer box affects the bedding of the gears. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||