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).
Analysis of failed C.V.S. connecting rods detailing the steel composition and a conclusion that overheating was the cause of failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\2\ Scan010 | |
| Date | 26th April 1917 | |
| R.R. 235A (500 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17.) Bm. 2/156/15. FAILED - C.V.S. CONNECTING RODS. C. .42 M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} .73 Cr.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} 1.39 Silicon. .12 Sulphur. .022 Phosphorus. .032 Vanadium. 0.16 g--------------- There is nothing exceptional in this steel, it appears to have suffered from complaint - over- heating - that C.V.S. is specially suseptable to. HCH. | ||