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Practical construction of an experimental square box section front axle.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\4\  Scan044
Date  28th May 1919
  
R R 235 B (200 T) (S F 103 25-10-18) C 2244.

To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R. {Sir Henry Royce}
c. to CJ.
c. to Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
c. to EH.
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R2/G.28/5/19.

X.3441 - RE EXPERIMENTAL TEST PIECE FOR BOX
SECTION AXLE - F.704C

We quite appreciate that a square box section
front axle would be an immense improvement, but we do
not know any practical way of construction one.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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