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).
The failure of Firths' copy of American type front road springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\2\ Scan242 | |
| Date | 29th March 1928 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X3900 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG29.3.28. AMERICAN TYPE FRONT ROAD SPRINGS. X3900 Herewith a report on Firths copy of the American springs. You will observe that all these springs broke in the front leaf and that their average life wasless than one half of our standard springs. We presume you would like us to send the springs back to Firths to have new kx top leaves fitted. At the moment we are keeping them here for you to inspect. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||