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Material choice (steel vs Delta) for a cap related to the lubrication of front pivots on a 40/50 HP chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\4\  Scan099
Date  11th April 1921
  
X3441

To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce}
c. to CJ.
c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

R1/G11.4.21.

X1148
X3441
RE. 40/50 H.P. CHASSIS - LUBRICATION OF FRONT PIVOTS.

With reference to your memo. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG8.4.21., I agree, get going on this. Would not cap be equally good and lighter and cheaper if made in steel instead of Delta, or would you fear rusting in?

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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