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).
Cablegram reporting the results of testing Allison bearings with standard oil grooves.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img146 | |
| Date | 31th January 1934 | |
| Form No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH CO., LD. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS CRBM29 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 60 30TH NLT HIVES ROYCAR DERBY --- HIVES --- MESSRS ROLLS ROYCE LIMITED NIGHTINGALE ROAD DERBY ALLISON BEARINGS HAVING STANDARD OIL GROOVES TESTED TONIGHT APPARENTLY SATISFACTORY DISMANTLE MORNING STOP UNDERSTAND COMPOSITION SEVENTY THIRTY STOP TWENTY FIVE BRINELL STOP COMPLETED TEN MINUTES THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED RPM STOP SEVENTY POUNDS OIL PRESSURE INLET NINETY CENTIGRADE STOP MAXIMUM BEARING TEMPERATURE ONE TWENTY FIVE CENTIGRADE STOP DISMANTLED CONDITION WILL DECIDE BEARINGS FOR NEXT TEST COVERLEY | ||