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).
Confirmation of a telegram regarding a Wormald Eagle rod failure, its probable cause, and proposed testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\2\ Scan006 | |
| Date | 21th March 1918 | |
| CONFIRMATION OF TELEGRAM. EH from R.{Sir Henry Royce} 21st March, 1918. X.3280. ROYCAR DERBY. X.2750. WORMALD EAGLE ROD FAILURE PROBABLY DUE TO MANUFACTURING FAULT PERHAPS LONGITUDINAL FORGING CRACK CAUSED BY SEVERE FORGING TREATMENT INTENSIFIED BY HARDNESS OF MATERIAL AT FORGING TEMPERATURE SUGGEST HIVES TESTING X.3280 RODS MADE FROM DEFINITELY MILDER MATERIAL THAT IS SAME STRENGTHENING ELEMENTS IN SMALLER QUANTITIES STOP IF DESIGN WRONG THIS SHOULD FAIL IF FORGING WRONG THIS SHOULD STAND. ROYCE. | ||