Broken axle pivot from a Le Canadel vehicle, concluding it was not a material flaw and requesting further testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\B002_X168\ 00000001-page145 | |
| Date | 1st April 1919 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. Telegrams: "ROYCAR," DERBY. Telephone: 470 (Four Lines). Names and indicating letters. Initial of person addressed. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Bs {A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEEREND Bt {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Caa Miss CASWELL C Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Co Mr. COWEN Cx {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DeLOOZE E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE G Mr. GNAPP H Mr. HALDERBY Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM Hr Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON K Mr. KILNER M Mr. MOON N Mr. NADIN Ny Mr. NORTHET O Mr. OLDHAM P Mr. PATERSON Po Mr. PLATFORD R Mr. ROBINSON Rce Mr. ROYCE JR {Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE S Mr. SANDERSON LHS {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp {Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY V VIENNA Whr {Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER W Mr. WHITEHEAD Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} Mr. WORMALD I WOR {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} / 8413 AXLE PIVOTS LE CANADEL(Henry Royce's French residence) X/68 With reference to the axle pivot recently received at Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) which - the steel axle has broken at the root during test. It has been examined from fracture and is of opinion that the break is not due to a flaw in the material. Mr Royce therefore wishes another test to be made of this type of pivot. The correspondence relating to this pivot is returned No/P.12/1/UCE13 C. Elliott This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||
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).