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).
Simplification and cost reduction of bolt production and requesting a test batch for standardisation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M11\ img211 | |
| Date | 1st September 1919 | |
| To DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} -2- E3/G12/9/19 Contd. gon list. Condition (2) is satisfied by conforming to the hexa- With regard to condition (3) it is thought that on the whole, production will be simplified and cheapened by turning from a smaller round bar and milling the head flats afterwards, as compared with turning from the present square bars. Would you kindly instruct, in accordance with Mr. Royce's wishes, some bolts to be made with heads to the new design, in sufficient quantity and variety to carry out a test for standardisation. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten note] bolt on your life! another 'E' brainwave 'elaborate & escalate' | ||