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).
Proceeding with an experiment to test cast iron as a material for cams.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\5\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 29th December 1937 | |
| 307? Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}17/R.29.12.37. We should like to go forward with this experimental purely from the point of view of finding out whether cast iron is a good material for cams. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Attachment:- Letter from The Midland Cylinder Co.,Ltd., dated 23rd December. | ||