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).
Test report on a 3-ply leather Ormerod fan belt for a 20 HP car, which failed due to being too pliable.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\2\ Scan161 | |
| Date | 2nd May 1924 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} X196 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG2.5.24. ORMEROD FAN BELT. One of the above has been supplied for test being 3-ply leather stitched together, for 20 HP. car. It is too soft and pliable however, for even when tightly adjusted, wobbles so badly on the slack side that it continually fouls the fan blades. No running has been possible with it therefore. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||