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).
Standardization of one-way hydraulic shock absorbers for the rear of the car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\2\ Scan009 | |
| Date | 18th March 1914 | |
| R.R. 235 a (190 H) (V.V. 585. 23.2.14) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 9365. X/1152 To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} for Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Copy to Mr Ionides. Copy to Ha. Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} R3/P 18. 3. 14. COPY. Our experience with Shock Absorbers is such as would lead us to think that the Hydraulic Absorbers working in one direction should be standardised as soon as possible, for fitting to the rear of the car only. These might be of our own make, the Houdaille or Triou, according to Mr Ionides and Mr Haldenby's experiments with them. The difficulty seems to be to apply these as well as a decent luggage carrier, unless the supporting of the two can be combined in one fitting - See R6/P 18. 3. 14. The only difficulty with our own pattern that I know of is the difficulty in keeping it full of oil. I have a scheme to improve this greatly. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||