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).
Departmental memo requesting an investigation into the cause and cure for a noisy side shaft on car 1718.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\1\ scan0032 | |
| Date | 21th November 1912 | |
| R.R. 475 (100 H) (PP 12. 11.10.12) E.P. 2713. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (TWO LINES). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}2/T211112. Z 522 Mr Barrington. 21.11.12 2'2 RE NOISY SIDE SHAFTS. With reference to the above and Mr Royces sheet FHR10/H151112, can you further this job at all by ascertaining the cause of the noisy side shaft on 1718 car, and in what way such noisy side shaft may be cured. We have already made several experiments on this side shaft but I do not think Mr Royce is fully conversant with same. E.P. Exp. in hand. File Jurbon. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||