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Technical drawing illustrating wear patterns on a tower bearing assembly under load.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\6\  06-page033
Date  13th September 1933 guessed
  
LOOKING INTO TOWER BEARING FROM UNDERNEATH. THE DARK LINE SHOWS WHERE A RIDGE HAS BEEN WORN INTO THE METAL.
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THE LOAD OF THE CONTACT BLADE & THE ACTION OF THE CAM TRIES TO TILT THE TOWER OVER.
ON THE INSIDE OF BORE, A RIDGE HAS BEEN WORN ON THIS SIDE.
  
  
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).


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