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).
Confirmation of a telegram with instructions on vehicle weight, performance testing, and component materials.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\C\February1919\ Scan15 | |
| Date | 25th February 1919 | |
| CONFIRMATION OF TELEGRAM ORIGINAL. 25th February, 1919. 27 FEB 1919 RECEIVED ROYCAR DERBY. HIVES DO NOT SEND DELAGE UNTIL FURTHER TESTS TO COMPARE CAPACITY PER TON MILE STOP IT SHOULD ONLY WEIGH TWENTYTWO CWTS COMPLETE WITH PASSENGERS STOP GET IT DOWN TO THIS SOMEHOW STOP ASSUMING DYNAMOMETER SHEWS SEVENTY PERCENT OF ENGINE BRAKE HORSE POWER THE ENGINE IS NOT DOING WELL WRITING STOP DO NOT THINK IT IS NECESSARY TO GO BELOW FOUR AND FOUR POINT THREE FOR CAR COMPRESSION RATIOS STOP RE EAGLE FRICTION ANCHORAGE AGREEABLE TO BRONZE AND STEEL PLATES. ROYCE. | ||