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).
The preparation of sandbags to be used as ballast for suspension tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0312 | |
| Date | 24th August 1938 | |
| 1209. To EJJ. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}19/JH.24.8.38. Sand Bags for Ballast. Will you please have the 8 sand bags you made for us, filled with sand, and tightly sewn up. The finished weight of each bag should be 70 lbs. as closely as possible. The sand bags are to be used as standard loadings for suspension tests. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||