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).
Use of a square section ring for securing the sliding barrel on Dunlop wire wheels for the Austrian Trials cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\7\ B001_X15 20 46 50 59-page049 | |
| Date | 23th January 1914 | |
| R.R. 657. (100H) (VV 240. 17.12.13) E.P. 5598. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (Four Lines). Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT... Cn{Mr Chamberain} Mr. CHAMBERLAIN C Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DeLOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE G Mr. GNAPP Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY Y - VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER... Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD [Handwritten routing initials:] Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} W.M. [Stamp:] RECEIVED JAN 23 1914 [Handwritten annotation:] X15. re Dunlop Wire Wheels - Fixing of Sliding Barrel. 23.1.14. JR{Mr James Royce}6/B23114. The Dunlop people wish to use a ring of square section in securing the sliding barrel of present type wheels. A similar ring has always been used in the old pattern D.4 type. Up to the present we have received a satisfactory report from you as far as the Works are concerned, and also from Mr Platford. Will you now let me know what the Experimental Department think of the square ring, which would [handwritten insertion] be fitted in the Austrian Trials cars. [Illegible handwritten initials] [Handwritten signature:] W Mercer This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||