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 details on a temporary scheme to fit aluminium bronze wearing pads to operating forks on B.111 and B.50 gearboxes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\4\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 29th October 1938 | |
| 1153 BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}/HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}6/G.29.10.38. B.111 and B.50 GEAR BOX. Please receive PD.296 a temporary scheme for fitting aluminium bronze wearing pads to the operating forks, to overcome present wear. Details urgently required. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||