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).
Request to Mr. Hardy of Clan Foundry to produce parts for an accelerometer for a 40 m/m gun recoil mechanism.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img095 | |
| Date | 21th August 1940 | |
| To HWS c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mr. Hardy (Clan Foundry). Lov{Mr Lovesey}/HWS.1/VR.{E. S. Voller - Orders}21.8.40. ACCELEROMETER FOR GUN RECOIL MECHANISM, Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2957 We send you herewith a scheme Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2957 for this instrument which is urgently required for development work on the 40 m/m gun. Will you please instruct sets of parts for two units, viz. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2958 - Main body ...... 2 off Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2959 - End cover ....... 2 " Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2960 - Inertial Mass .. 2 " Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2961 - Spindle ........ 2 " Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2962 - Locking Nut .... 2 " Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2963 - Coil former .... 2 " We have tried to eliminate complicated machining as far as possible, and the job is all straight forward turning with the exception of a single bore to be internally ground. Lov{Mr Lovesey}/HWS. | ||