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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).
Request to joggle test a Bentley III steering wheel made by Wilmot Breedons.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 100\2\  scan0079
Date  3rd November 1938
  
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To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WB.{Mr Brazier/Mr Bell}
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}11/JH.3.11.38.
BENTLEY III STEERING WHEEL.
We have handed to you a steering wheel made by Wilmot Breedons and of a construction similar to the one we propose to use for B.III.
Will you please joggle this wheel with an alternating torque of 40 lbs.ft.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}
  
  


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