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).
Requesting a tabulated list and analysis of bearing metals, referencing attached notes for future tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0164 | |
| Date | 4th December 1936 | |
| 1020 To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/AP.4.12.36. BEARING METALS. Will you please prepare a tabulated list of all the bearing metals we have been running, shewing a complete analysis of the compositions thereof, also the results obtained. Attached are notes I have sent to HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} and Hl. on the subject of future tests, also for your information a letter from Mr.Danse of the Cadillac Motor Car Co. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||