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).
Continued memorandum discussing the breakage of a dumb bell due to continual bending at the neck.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\2\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 25th August 1937 | |
| -2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}3/N.25.8.37 Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} (8) The breakage of the dumb bell is due to continual bending at the neck, the force being opposite at either end of the dumb bell. It is not due to the dumb bell being in tension, in this I mean not a straight pull. Enclosed are sketches showing the position of the levers, and where they foul. The arc of the dumb bell or full steering lock. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||