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).
Reporting the failure of a footswitch under endurance testing due to a collapsed 'Tufnol' roller.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\2\ img382 | |
| Date | 24th June 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to RC{R. Childs}/CAP. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}8/JH.24.6.38. re Footswitch to DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1121. The above type footswitch which is being tested for endurance, has again broken down this time due to the collapse of the "Tufnol" roller. Will you please arrange for the switch to be made 100% so that we can recommence the endurance run. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||