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).
Telegram from Royce regarding a proposal by Bailey to modify a brake servo by splitting the bronze outer sphere.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\K\October1923\ Scan158 | |
| Date | 26th October 1923 | |
| Mr Hives from BY Telegram. Copy. ORIGINAL 26. 10. 23. X9240 BAILEY RE SERVO PROPOSE SPLITTING FRONT HALF OF BRONZE OUTER SPHERE HORIZONTALLY HIVES CONCLUDES WHOLE TROUBLE WITH BRAKES FRONT AND REAR DUE TO UNEQUAL BEDDING OF WRAPPING AND UNWRAPPING SHOPS THIS CHANGES BY WEAR AND ALSO EVEN BY PRESSURE OF WHEEL IN GROUND SHOULD PROBABLY REVOLUTIONISE SYSTEM OF APPLYING BRAKE ENDEAVOUR TO PROVE THIS CONCLUSION SHOULD LIKE TO TEST FLOATING FULCRUM AS IN VERY OLD R.R.BRAKE. BETTER STILL A BALANCE SCHEME TEST REMOVING FERODO FROM TAIL OF WRAPPING SHOES. ROYCE. | ||