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).
Confirmation of a request to conduct an accelerated fatigue test on a Phase III steering rocking shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0526 | |
| Date | 26th April 1939 | |
| 350 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/W.Bell. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}5/MH.{M. Huckerby}26.4.39. PH.III STEERING. This is to confirm that we have asked you to joggle a Ph.III steering to break by accelerated fatigue the rocking shaft. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||