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).
Bristol's request to try their big end bush in lead bronze to the latest specification.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0146 | |
| Date | 21th November 1936 | |
| 1020. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/R.21.11.36. With reference to the attached letter, Bristol's have expressed the wish to try their big end bush in lead bronze, made to our latest specification. This big end carries almost exactly the same type of load as our main bearings, and, therefore, if there is any variation in the material we use for main bearings, it should be utilised on this bearing. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||