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).
Suggesting a new naming convention for steering column positions for ease of communication via telegraph.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\3\ Scan337 | |
| Date | 21th November 1928 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BJ. SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 47430 R2/M21.11.28. STEERING POSITIONS. X. 7430 X. 8430 X.1775 When we introduce or adopt anything like the recently improved steering column positions we ought to give it a name that is easy to telegraph in a single word. We should therefore suggest to London something we consider suitable, so that they can approve, or suggest something better. What comes to my mind is a number like S1, S2, S3, which might mean our C. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} and E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} steerings introduced in 1928. Or we might use the Greek letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma - SPECIMEN: "Long Phantom with Alpha steering". "Long Phantom with S1 steering". Or again : "Can fit this body on Phantoms with Beta steering", or - "Send long Phantom chassis with Gamma steering" Naturally we want a new number or a new code word for every alteration, in the same way as we use a new piece number if a piece is altered sufficient to affect its interchangeability. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||