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).
Cablegram reporting on the successful resolution of bearing difficulties following a satisfactory test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img393 | |
| Date | 17th January 1949 | |
| Form No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM BIRMINGHAM 1. BROAD ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} CHAMBERS TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 2854. TELEX: CENTRAL 2650. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. 334 FLL 18 AM 9 44 BMMR43 INDIANAPOLIS IND 129 1/49 17 NLT HIVES ROYCAR DERBY HIVES ESQ MESSERS ROLLS ROYCE CO LTD DERBY FEEL CONFIDENT BEARING DIFFICULTIES SOLVED STOP FURTHER SATISFACTORY TEST SATURDAY SEVENTY THIRTY PLAIN BEARINGS MODIFIED LUBRICATION CONSISTING EIGHT OIL HOLES ONE EIGHTH DIAMETER STOP COMPLETED TWENTY MINUTES THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED REVOLUTIONS OIL TEMPERATURE NINETY CENTIGRADE SEVENTY POUNDS PRESSURE BEARING CONDITION GOOD STOP NEXT PROPOSE FITTING | ||