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 weigh and measure Bentley RR.56 connecting rods and to see a sample before engine assembly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\3\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 5th October 1933 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. for. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X214 E.1/HP.5.10.33. Bentley RR.56 Conn: Rods. Before the above are assembled in an engine we should like to have the weights taken at the small and large ends compared with the present standard rod. Also the scantlings of the cross section of the stem. We should like to see a sample of the finished rod. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||