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 continued use of cast bearings over centrifugal bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\3\ scan0209 | |
| Date | 16th March 1938 | |
| RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/JWW Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.7/N.16.3.38. 1020 or 200a Re: A.C. Bearing Material. Referring to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}8/MJ.10.8.38, after examining the bearings removed from 6.B.IV, I consider we shall have to continue with the cast bearings, until such time that better results are obtained from centrifugal bearings. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||