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).
Life of steering levers during bumping tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0028 | |
| Date | 27th May 1914 | |
| Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcr8/L27514. May 27th. 1914 LIFE OF PARTS ON BUMPING TESTS. STEERING LEVERS. 3" Bumps at 105 revs. per minute Piece No. | Description. | Time. Hrs. Mins. | Results. | Reference. C.446 | Cross Steering Lever, off side. | 4 - 9 | Off side broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}1/C18913. " | ditto. | 2 - 16 | Broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}3/L271113. " | " | 4 - 59 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}19/L101113. " | " | 9 - 27 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}19/L221013 " | " | 14 - 10 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}3/L26913 " | " | 56 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}23/M111213. " | " | 2 - 57 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}20/L3314. " | " | 9 - 55 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}16/L20114. " | " | 4 - 45 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}1/L23214. " | " | 5 - 0 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}18/L17214. " | " | 31 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}18/L17214. C.447 | Cross Steering Lever, near side | 6 - 50 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}1/C18913. | ||