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 a Bentley Servo Motor Drum from Cast Iron Spec. 249 for testing to reduce squeaking.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\5\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 11th December 1934 | |
| +241 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}7/KW.11.12.34. Will you please make one Bentley Servo Motor Drum to G.55660 in Cast Iron Spec. 249. We wish to try this as we think it may be less liable to squeaking than the present 3% S/N. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||