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).
Departmental memo detailing the results of a tensile test on a front axle pivot.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\B002_X168\ 00000001-page071 | |
| Date | 2nd April 1913 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: 'ROYCAR,' DERBY. TELEPHONES: 478 FOUR LINES. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Date. Re Front Axle Pivot - Tensile Test. x168 T Normald Mr Hives - see copy 2-4-13 Below is a copy of report received from The Sheffield Testing Works on the broken front axle pivot forwarded to them on March 20th:- Yield stress 23.61 tons. Maximum stress 41.32 " Elongation 21.5 % Reduction of area 56.9 % The fracture is described as "silky fibrous." [Stamp]: W.M. APR 3 1913 RECEIVED This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||