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).
Cover note for a report on Eagle connecting rods made from mild steel, noting their running time.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\2\ Scan017 | |
| Date | 28th January 1926 | |
| To RG.{Mr Rowledge} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X3280 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG28.1.26. EAGLE CONNECTING RODS. X2750 Attached is a report ref. EH2/LG13. 8.18. on Eagle Connecting rods made in mild steel. Our record shows that these rods were removed from the engine after 62 hrs. running. We have no record however of the conditions under which they were run after the first 25 hrs. running. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||