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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).
Modification to the Bentley Rear Journal Bearing for a supercharged engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 114\2\  scan0122
Date  27th February 1935
  
To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}
E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}1/HP.27.2.35.

c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} -RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

Bentley Rear Journal Bearing.

We send you herewith:-

LeC.4350 shewing the rear bearing increased in diameter and held by a four bolted cap.

This modification can be tried experimentally on the crankcase which you have in hand for the supercharged engine.

E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}

Print to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Print to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
Drawing to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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