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).
To Guy Vandervell regarding the failure of Vandervell bearings during testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\4\ scan0050 | |
| Date | 23th April 1937 | |
| 261 W/S. Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}2/R.23.4.37. Guy Vandervell, Esq. Bly{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales}10/R21.4.37. We have no more information about Vandervell bearings than what we sent you in our last memo. The bearings failed miserably on test, and we have ceased to have an interest in them. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||