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).
Letter to The Rover Company requesting mileage information on bearings to assess lubricant retention.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\2\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 27th May 1939 | |
| 1091 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}2/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 27th May, 1939. W.R. Boyle, Esq., The Rover Company Ltd., New Meteor Works, COVENTRY. Dear Boyle, Many thanks for your letter which is not too late. If it is not asking too much, we should like to know what mileages you have done on these bearings so as to get an idea of how long they will retain sufficient lubricant. Yours sincerely, | ||