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).
Request for samples of oil-soaked cotton linings from torque and shimmy dampers for an experiment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\5\ Scan191 | |
| Date | 16th May 1931 | |
| RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} FROM E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} X9005 E3/M16.5.31. re. TORQUE AND SHIMMY DAMPERS. Could you send a couple of the cotton linings you use on the above, that you soak in oil. we should like to have a look at these and perhaps try an experiment on them. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||