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).
Departmental memo reporting a driver's habit of applying thick gear oil to tappet guides.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\1\ Scan053 | |
| Date | 4th December 1912 | |
| R.R. 476 (100 H) (L.L. 27. 27.7.12.) ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, 14-15, CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, W. TELEGRAMS: "ROLHEADRolls-Royce telegram address REG." LONDON. TELEPHONES: 1654, 1655, 1656 GERRARD. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr Barrington DATE. 4/12/12 Report 503 Mr Stuart Coats 1269 CJ2/D41212 Mr Burt reports - "So far as tappet guides are concerned it may be of interest to the Technical Department that driver has been in the habit of squirting some thick gear oil around the top of guides." C.J. (Handwritten in left margin: X740) (Circular stamp: DEC 4 XII with a clock face) This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||