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).
Request for parts and modifications to test a revised oil retaining scheme on a Bentley Dynamo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\3\ img283 | |
| Date | 21th February 1936 | |
| C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. W.ST 6142 BY/RDS/W.21.2.36. BENTLEY DYNAMO. Revised Oil Retainer, Comm.End. R.R.Sch.909. Will you please put in hand :- DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1180. Retaining Plate. 1 off. DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1181. Washer. 1 off. Will you also please modify an existing armature, which will be supplied by Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst., in accordance with DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1182. Blue prints of the above drawings are attached hereto. This will enable the oil retaining scheme on the existing dynamo, which has leaked, to be revised and a further run be made to test the new proposal. BY/RD. | ||