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).
Request for an update on bearing development and for a report on the standardised Merlin engine bearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0534 | |
| Date | 29th February 1940 | |
| 1020 Lr{Mr Ellor}/Psn. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/ML.29.2.40. I would be glad if you would keep me in touch with all the development work you are doing on bearings, and we will let you have the figures we are getting on our own job. Is there any report which summarises the steps which led us to adopt the bearing which is at present standardised on the Merlin engine? Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||