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).
Shortening of road wheel hubs for steel artillery and wire wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0133 | |
| Date | 13th October 1925 | |
| To CJ. from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to BJ. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X421 R6/M13.10.25. ROAD WHEEL HUBS. X.421 X.3586 X.4586 We have successfully shortened these for steel artillery wheels. We are now proposing to do the same for wire wheel hubs. They should be lighter, and not overhang so far. Rudge-Whitworth say it is an advantage to have less depth of wire hub. I do not think so exactly, but there is sufficient in the shorter hubs. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||