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).
Internal request for an investigation into the material properties of a Buick pivot.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\3\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 27th June 1939 | |
| 10H9. To H1/EJW. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HFP. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HFP.7/JH.27.6.39. Buick Pivot. Would you please make an investigation of the material of the Buick pivot which we are sending you. We should like to know as much as possible about the composition, heat treatment, and mechanical properties of this steel. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HFP. | ||