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).
Requesting a Mellenite flywheel with a starter ring for testing on a rig up to 5500 r.p.m.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0119 | |
| Date | 8th October 1934 | |
| x212 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/KW.8.10.34. Disc Flywheels. While the rig on which we have been trying to burst a cast-iron pressure plate is still in existence we should like to run a Millenite flywheel up to 5500 r.p.m. The rig is suited to an 8-bolt flange. Can you please let W. Bell have a flywheel complete with starter ring for test. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||