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).
The difficulty of removing a rubber connecting tube cap due to excessive rubber expansion.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 25th January 1937 | |
| 346 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les/R.25.1.37. Difficulty in removing rubber connecting Tube Cap. I was told that the design for the longer type tube needed alteration, when the smaller size of tube up to the present is satisfactory. It has since been found that the complete trouble was due to too great volume of rubber expanding the tube, and thus making it impossible to unscrew the cap. If a little further investigation had been done, there would have been no need for the Design Dept. to be informed. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||