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 - Chair} 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. | ||
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).