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).
Suggesting a method for preventing water from entering Bentley brake drums during washing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 13th February 1934 | |
| GRY{Shadwell Grylls} see me urgent [handwritten and underlined] To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} [BY is crossed out] x206 [handwritten] Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/HP.13.2.34. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [handwritten] c.c. For Mr. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HJG. H.Iv. [crossed out] Bentley Brakes - Water Exclusion. Herewith is N. Sch.3973 shewing a suggestion for first, baffling water entering the drums during washing, and then trapping what gets by and draining it away before it reaches the drum surfaces. It is thought to be worth trying. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||