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).
Instruction to machine six carbon steel blanks into a bevel wheel for a 40/50 HP chassis rear axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\1\ Scan064 | |
| Date | 29th January 1919 | |
| To: Mr. Mills from BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /C. c. to Mr. Coverley. c. to E.F.C. [text struck through] January 29th; 1919. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /C1/GK29.1.19. 40/50 HP CHASSIS - REAR AXLE BOX SECTION. X.4314.CARBON STEEL FOR CASE HARDENING. X.3414- Will you please instruct that the six blanks of the above steel which were ordered a few wekks ago, be machined and finished to produce the following :- G.1909 - Bevel Wheel for Rera Axle. This material is a low carbon steel for case hardening, and the work should be instructed experiemtalyy under the above X. number. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /C. | ||