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Improvement to the throttle governor control shaft using ball bearings.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\M\2April1925-June1925\  Scan26
Date  21th April 1925
  
To E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

ORIGINAL

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG21.4.25.

THROTTLE GOVERNOR CONTROL SHAFT. 48140

The scheme for using ball bearings on the governor operating shaft has made a very definite improvement. We attach herewith blue print which shews how this has been carried out on experimental cars‡

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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