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).
Requesting the fabrication of a drive shaft to test crankshaft oscillation on a B.60 unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\5\ scan0073 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1938 | |
| K 1044. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}2.9.38. B.60 UNIT. One of the early jobs that we shall require to do on the above engine is crankshaft oscillation. We shall be pleased, therefore, if you will instruct for a drive shaft to be made to fasten to the crankshaft to drive our Summers' Vibration indicator. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||