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 receipt and trial of slipper flywheel friction discs made of cotton duck.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\2\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 1st November 1927 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} x356 BY3/K.{Mr Kilner} 1. 11. 27. SLIPPER FLYWHEEL-FRICTION DISCS. Further to our memo By10/J4.10.27., we have now received some friction discs in cotton duck of 16 oz. and 21 oz. weight. I am handing the discs in question to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} in order that he may try same as per E's memo E2/M29.9.27. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||