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).
Impracticality of constructing a square box section front axle.
| Identifier | Morton\M3.6\ img007 | |
| Date | 1st May 1919 | |
| To BA. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. " " BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} " " EH. ORIGINAL R2/G28/5/19. 2 X.3441. RE EXPERIMENTAL TEST PIECE FOR BOX SECTION AXLE - F.701 We quite appreciate that a square box section front axle would be an immense improvement, but we do not know any practical way of constructing one. R.{Sir Henry Royce} RECEIVED 24 MAY 1919 | ||