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).
Sample of special leather belting for the chassis dynamo drive from the Whittle Company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\2\ Scan083 | |
| Date | 5th January 1920 | |
| Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} CR {Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} X 37354. COPY. BY6/H5.1.20. X.37354. CHASSIS DYNAMO DRIVE. I am sending you herewith a sample length of special belting supplied by the Whittle Company. The point in question is that they have turned the grain of the leather outwards, in place of their previous standard practice of having the grain inside in making the belt. I am sending you a copy of their letter, herewith, so that you may see exactly what they say, and would like to have your comments as to whether a belt produced by this means is quieter than the standard they have previously supplied. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||