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).
Correspondence regarding four broken tappet springs from car 2579, and an inquiry about their performance on a testing rig to determine if the design is at fault.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\3\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1914 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (Four Lines). (Handwritten Notes): O24 5725, Car 2579, C+P Bates (List of names on left, initialed 'Na.{Mr Nadin}' for Mr. BARRINGTON) WOR{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/HP3/M24114. X1113 Re. Car 2579. Tappet springs. We send you herewith four tappet springs which were found broken in the engine of the above car at Cricklewood. We think it is a matter to take up with the spring makers, especially as there may be more. (Handwritten Notes): WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} U 365 Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Na{Mr Nadin}7/B27114. With reference to the tappet springs off the above car, I should be glad if Mr Hives would kindly advise me whether he has found these springs to give trouble on the valve spring testing rig which he has recently been running. I ask this because if they perform satisfactorily on the rig then it is reasonable to conclude that the design is not at fault. I am returning the broken springs to (Stamp): RECEIVED JAN 2 1914 (Handwritten initials): W.M. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||