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).
Instructions from Mr. Royce to arrange a trial for a car fitted with a 20-degree angle axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\6\ B002_X 140 141 157-page091 | |
| Date | 24th March 1914 | |
| R.R.Ex.Dept.(1M 9m. 13.6.10) R.F. 607b. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (Four Lines) Names and Indicating letter. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Ba Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Ca Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Cr{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} Mr. CHICHESTER C Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DeLOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON Jh Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH Mer Mr. MERCER M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN FN Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON 2P Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE Rs{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON Lt LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINKEY V - VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Re. 20º Angle Axle. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} RP16/T/W13314. some time ago Mr. Royce instructed that I should arrange to try a car fitted with the above as soon as possible. I shall be glad to know what prospects there are of this. RP. EB RECEIVED MAR 24 1914 WORKS OFFICE This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||