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).
Departmental memo regarding speed tests at Brooklands Track and achieving 100 miles per hour.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\3\ Scan050 | |
| Date | 16th March 1912 | |
| R.R. 476 (50 H) (X222. 23.1.12) E.P 1077. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, 14-15, CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, W. TELEGRAMS: "ROLHEADRolls-Royce telegram address," LONDON. TELEPHONES: 1654, 1655, 1656 GERRARD. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr. Barrington. DATE. 16.3.12. CJ31/C16312. For the Technical Committee. Concerning Mr. Royce's memorandum of the 11th March R4/D11 on Speed Tests on Brooklands Track, I am writing to the Brooklands people concerning the stateof the Track. I am glad that Mr. Royce agrees with the opinion which I had, that the 100 miles per hour on the track was worth going for. C.J. Handwritten Notes: x 788 File. Speed tests This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. R | ||