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).
Departmental memo detailing the results of a tensile test on a broken front axle pivot.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\12\ B002_X168-page071 | |
| Date | 2nd April 1913 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 Four Lines. N9/B2413. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. Re Front Axle Pivot - Tensile Test. X168 Mr Wormald Mr Hives - see copy 2-4-13 Below is a copy of report received from The Sheffield Testing Works on the broken front axle pivot forwarded to them on March 20th:- [STAMP: W.M. RECEIVED 3 APR 1913] Yield stress 23.61 tons. Maximum stress 41.32 " Elongation 21.5 % Reduction of area 56.9 % The fracture is described as "silky fibrous." [Signature] This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||