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 change the material of camshaft bearings from Phosphor Bronze to Aluminium.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\3\ Scan068 | |
| Date | 25th August 1926 | |
| By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RUG. X.4003 [STAMP: RECEIVED ... AUG 1926] Rg{Mr Rowledge}/SFP1/W25.8.26 ROLLS-ROYCE F.X. Camshaft & Rocker Mechanism. Will you please instruct the material of the camshaft bearings, E.27902, E.27911, and E.27912, which are at present in Phosphor Bronze, to be changed to Aluminium. Rg{Mr Rowledge}/SFP. [Signature] | ||