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).
Proposal to create a simple code word or number system for new steering column positions for easy telegraphic communication.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\2July1928-December1928\ Scan224 | |
| Date | 21th November 1928 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ) [Struck through] DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ) [Struck through] C. to BJ. SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [SG{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} is struck through] ORIGINAL R2/M21.11.28. STEERING POSITIONS. [Handwritten numbers: 7430, x8430, X1775] When we introduce or adopt anything like the recently improved steering column positions we ought to give it a name that is easy to telegraph in a single word. We should therefore suggest to London something we consider suitable, so that they can approve, or suggest something better. What comes to my mind is a number like 81., 82., 83., which might mean our C., D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}, and E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} steerings intro- duced in 1928. Or we might use the Greek letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma. SPECIMEN: "Long Phantom with Alpha steering". [Handwritten: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}] "Long Phantom with 81. steering". Or again: "Can fit this body on Phantom with "Beta steering", or "Send Long Phantom chassis with Gamma "steering". Naturally we want a new number or a new code word for every alteration, in the same way as we use a new piece number if a piece is altered sufficient to affect its interchangeability. R.{Sir Henry Royce} [Stamp: RECEIVED 23 NOV with a clock face] | ||