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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).
Rough sketch proposing a solid forked type connecting rod design with handwritten annotations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img403
Date  2nd February 1934 guessed
  
THIS ROD SIMPLE AND RELIABLE CONSTRUCTION BEARING REPLACEMENT SIMPLE
CHANNEL MILLED HERE LARGE. RAD
SHOULDERS HERE FOR STIFFNESS APPEAR WRONG TO ME
DOWELS FOR BEARING LOCATION
LEAD BRONZE LINED INTERNAL & EXTERNAL SIMPLE TO PRODUCE
ROUGH SKETCH OF PROPOSED ALLISON SOLID FORKED TYPE CONN ROD
[Illegible initials in top right corner]
  
  


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