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 order Scott Weldless Axle Casing Tubes from Rubery Owen for bending tests on the Wraith model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 9th April 1936 | |
| [Handwritten]: X1014 [crossed out] [Handwritten]: Plaaa Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} [underlined] 1015 ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hdy.{William Hardy} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}3/HP.9.4.36. Would you please order from Messrs. Rubery Owen, two Scott Weldless Axle Casing Tubes, for purposes of test, to find out the weakest portion in bending. The one that comes nearest to our requirements to Wraith is that H/21, drawing number 9296. Themethod of testing will be discussed with the Experimental Department when we receive the pieces. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||