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).
The design of dodecagon nuts for R.W. Wheels on a Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\5\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 26th June 1933 | |
| X 2856. To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}1/HP.26.6.33. c. Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re R.W. Wheels for Bentley Car. It has been decided not to order the dodecagon nuts to the Rudge Whitworth design, but to get Rudge Whitworth to make the nuts to our own. We send you herewith LeC.3546 which has been made as a model, and the appearance has been approved by WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||