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).
List of various testing machines with their specifications and prices.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\4\ scan0120 | |
| Date | 16th October 1911 | |
| (2) 159 Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd. 16/10/11. (2) Olsen's latest improved Torsion Testing Machine #2. of 230,000 inch lbs. capacity as per page 19, part H, arranged with all improvements, right hand twist, dial vernier screw beam, troptometer instrument, with one length of rail so specimen up to 5 feet long may be tested and grips for 2 1/2" diam. and less, complete as listed in cat. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} price £243. 0. 0 (Two hundred and forty three pounds). (3) Latest Improved White-Souther Endurance Testing Machine, page 15, part H, price £57. 0. 0 (Fifty seven pounds). (4) Olsen's new 100 ft. lbs. capacity Impact Tester as per enclosed illustration, price £75. 0. 0 (Seventy five pounds). (5) Improved Cornell Oil, Grease & Bearing Metal Testing Machine as per page 4, part F, price £153. 0. 0 (One hundred and fifty three pounds). (6) "Herbert" File Testing Machine as per page 21, part H, price £100. 0. 0 (One hundred pounds). (7) One special automobile Spring Tester for statically applying pressure on springs up to 6,000 lbs. in similar manner to machine shown on page 12, part B, also | ||