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] | ||