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).
Initiating an experiment regarding hand starter gear breakages on Eagle engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 34\2\ Scan027 | |
| Date | 6th June 1916 | |
| To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} for EH from St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} S9/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}6616. June 6th, 1916. X.2222. We have given the above X number for the experiment mentioned in Mr Olley's memo Oy4/W3616 (copy of which is attached) re hand starter gear breakages on the Eagle engines, in which he says in the third item in the last paragraph "What will the large shaft stand under a static test (a) in C.H.N.S. and (b) in a high grade steel (if this has been used)." This refers to the hand starter worm wheel shaft. | ||