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).
Request to manufacture and weld 16 steel vanes to a Bentley rear brake drum for cooling purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0349 | |
| Date | 7th June 1935 | |
| To NIC. +206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}10/KW.7.6.35. Cooling of Bentley Rear Brake Drums. Will you please make 16 vanes in 16 gauge sheet steel similar to the aluminium sample herewith, and weld these to a Bentley near side rear brake drum (complete with hub and bearings). The vanes are only welded to the end plate, and the manner in which they fit is shown in the attached sketch. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||