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).
Agreeing to abandon a friction scheme in the steering column and proposing new experiments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\4\ scan0398 | |
| Date | 9th November 1927 | |
| X. 8430 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} R2/M9.11.27. RETURN SPRING IN STEERING COLUMN. Referring to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/LG7.11.27., I agree to abandon this, and the friction on the column, but in getting out the scheme of friction in the column we made some general improvements which are valuable. I will get DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/HDY{William Hardy} to see if we can get these in our newly proposed larger nut surface experiments. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||