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).
Chemical analysis of a failed Chrome Vanadium Steel (CVS) connecting rod, with a handwritten conclusion.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\3\ scan0047 | |
| Date | 26th April 1917 | |
| Mr Rowse attd. to report from EH Failed CVS Con rod. C .42 Mn .73 Cr{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} 1.39 Silicon .12 Sulphur .022 Phosphorus .032 Vanadium 0.16 There is nothing exceptional in this steel. It appears to have suffered from complaint - overheating - Used. C.V.S is specially susceptible. REH R.R. 235A (500 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17.) Bm. 2¹⁵⁶/13. | ||