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).
Instructions and correspondence regarding an experiment on a plain thrust bearing in a steering column.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan089 | |
| Date | 11th October 1913 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (FOUR LINES). Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/SM3/L111013. Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. Re Plain Thrust Bearing in Steering Colum. X.457 A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Ba Mr. BARRINGTON Be Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Co Mr. CHAMBERLAIN C Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX De Mr. DeLOOZE D Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE Gr{George Ratcliffe} Mr. GNAPP Ity Mr. HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH M Mr. MOOR Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY V VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD R.{Sir Henry Royce} 11-10-13. We attach herewith Mr Day's instruction sheet 12995 (10/10/13) together with blue print of F.4017. The works were instructed to prepare material for this experiment 3/10/13. p. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Handwritten]: Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Oct 16 13. Mr. Royce thinks we should proceed to fit up a steering column in accordance with the print attached and report on it with our old standard pivots and the new ones. W.M. [Stamp 1]: Enclosure [Stamp 2]: RECEIVED 13 OCT 1913 [Stamp 3]: RECEIVED 17 OCT 1913 This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||