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).
Letter from a piston ring specialist discussing aero engine bearing tests, materials and previous correspondence.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\5\ scan0202 | |
| Date | 23th November 1938 | |
| SERVICE DEPOTS LONDON 28 BLACKFRIARS RD S E 1 TELEPHONE: WATERLOO 5762-3 17 GT PORTLAND ST W 1 TELEPHONE: MUSEUM 2433 LEYTONSTONE E 11 520 HIGH RD LEYTONSTONE E 11 TELEPHONE: MARYLAND 2439 BIRMINGHAM 141 SUFFOLK STREET TELEPHONE: MIDLAND 0638 MANCHESTER 211 DEANSGATE TELEPHONE: BLACKFRIARS 5914 NEWCASTLE MILLICAN'S BUILDINGS, MARKET ST TELEPHONE: 23874 ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AIR MINISTRY, INDIA OFFICE LISTS SERVICE DEPOTS LIVERPOOL 45 RENSHAW ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} TELEPHONE: ROYAL 5786 LEEDS 82 WOODHOUSE LANE TELEPHONE: 25774 CROYDON 246 HIGH STREET TELEPHONE: CROYDON 6121-2 SOUTHAMPTON 17 PORTSWOOD ROAD TELEPHONE: 74778 HULL 285 ANLABY ROAD TELEPHONE: 15312 CANTERBURY 21 & 22 ROSE LANE TELEPHONE: CANTERBURY 2456 WELLWORTHY PISTON RINGS LIMITED PISTON & PISTON RING SPECIALISTS LYMINGTON HANTS WORKS & HEAD OFFICE: STANFORD RD DIRECTORS: G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} ALEXANDER J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} W. HOWLETT G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} B. KAY F.{Mr Friese} WALDEN C. W. WATERS A.{Mr Adams} J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} WOOLCOTT OUR REF FB/EHF. TELEPHONE: LYMINGTON 520 (5 LINES) TELEGRAMS: WELLWORTHY CODE: MARCONI YOUR REF 1020a. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/R.{Sir Henry Royce} File 23rd November,1938. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Mr. Robotham, Many thanks for your letter of the 18th inst., and I would say that I was quite serious in the letter which I wrote to Fiat - and do not indulge in "leg pulls." In answer to item (1) in which you say that Rolls Royce have not run a test on an Aero Engine, you will find on page 25, in the Journal of the Institution of Automobile Engineers - Session 1937-1938, a report which specifically mentions a test on a Rolls Royce "Kestrel" Aero Engine centre main bearing. Surely this is evidence of test. Regarding the point that you have not run the bearing with as much as 50% reduction in width as compared with lead bronze, we are sorry that in our letter to Fiat's we mentioned lead bronze instead of babbit. We are putting this point right with Fiat's and regret that the error should have slipped in. Concerning the second item in your letter, I was definitely given to understand by the late Murray Jamieson of E.R.A. that what I stated regarding racing in South Africa was definitely true, and I merely repeated the information given to me. Item 3 is also covered by the same people. However, as we note that you do not approve of the manner in | ||