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).
Laboratory analysis report on the material composition of an Oldsmobile halfshaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 14th April 1938 | |
| Copy Rym To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} H1/HEG.5/GS.14.4.38 Laboratory. OLDSMOBILE HALFSHAFT. BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}10/G.9.4.38. The analysis of the drillings submitted is :- Carbon ........ 0.2% (approx.). Manganese ..... 1.73% Chromium ...... 0.7% (approx.). 80 Tons Nickel ........ Nil. Molybdenum .... Nil. Brinell 270 We know of no S.A.E. Specification to which this conforms. H1/HEG. HEG | ||