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).
Accident involving the back axle of a Schmidt's 20 HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\2\ Scan151 | |
| Date | 10th January 1923 | |
| To EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X4256 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG10.1.23. RE. BACK AXLE OF SCHMIDT'S 20 HP. CHASSIS. I discussed this matter with R.{Sir Henry Royce} when I was at W.W. last week. The memo. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}1/BM28.12.22 was shown to R.{Sir Henry Royce} We could not understand from this memo. how the accident occurred. It was left wt that we would supply more information to R.{Sir Henry Royce} as soon as we had seen the broken case. We cannot see that any useful purpose would be served by having a Technical Meeting. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||