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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).
Test report on the failure point of a main pivot and cross steering levers on a test rig.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 2\B002_X168\  00000001-page103
Date  26th May 1913 guessed
  
Wer/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}18/L36513. (contd)

2.

time ago.

The main pivot received 1,908,750 single reversals at the rate of 750 per minute before collapsing.
Three cross steering levers were broken during the test. These levers last from 10 to 15 hours on the rig.
Another pivot which is under size is being tested.
  
  


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