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).
The repair and replacement of a dynamometer on the No. 30 Bentley test bed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0246 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1937 | |
| 1209. Mr. Peskett. c. EJJ. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}1/R.3.4.37. No 30 Bed. According to the Order Office, the Dynamometer B.10275, which is away for repair at Heenan & Froude's, should be delivered back to the Works during the course of the next day or two. This brake then to be fitted on the Bentley bed in No. 30 Test House, and the existing brake B.17294 sent away for repair as there is no control over the engine speed in its present condition. The couplings between the brake and the engine on this bed are in poor condition and require attention. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||