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).
The testing of a fan belt from Ramsdens Ltd, which was found to be noisy.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\2\ Scan147 | |
Date | 28th June 1923 | |
Roy. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 44651 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG28.6.23. Roy {Sir Henry Royce} /Ms7/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 18.6.23. With reference to the Fan Belt supplied by Messrs. Ramsdens Ltd., of Halifax. We have tested this belt and find it is not satisfactory because of the noise caused by the loose ends of the leather links. Except for the noise we found the belt entirely satisfactory. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||