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).
Requesting a set of needle and ball bearings to test and improve the Bentley brake system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0343 | |
| Date | 13th April 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X-206 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KW.13.4.35. Bentley Brakes. We are still anxious to improve the mechanical efficiency of the Bentley brake system and know that the final toggle actuation is only about 70% efficient. Would you therefore please put in hand one set of needle and ball bearings to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1907 for test purposes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||