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).
Cablegram from Indianapolis reporting the results of three bearing tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\2\ img109 | |
| Date | 24th February 1934 | |
| FORM No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM BIRMINGHAM, BROAD ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} CHAMBERS TELEPHONE, CENTRAL 2854. ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS CRREM 49 INDIANAPOLIS IND 54 23RD NLT HIVES HOYCAH DERBY -- HIVES -- MESSRS ROLLS ROYCE LD NIGHTINGALE RD DERBY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THREE FURTHER TESTS STOP FIRST TEST SIXTY FORTY GROVED BEARINGS FORTY MINUTES DURATION THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED REVOLUTIONS STOP SECOND TEST SEVENTY THIRTY SIMILAR PERIOD STOP LAST ROUNDUP SEVENTY THIRTY GROOVED BEARINGS TWENTY MINUTES FORTY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY REVOLUTION STOP BEARINGS SATISFACTORY ANTICIPATE LEAVING THURSDAY NEXT PROCEEDING DETROIT COVERLEY | ||