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).
Telegram received by telephone regarding experience with semi-balanced crankshafts and Kestrel step bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img091 | |
| Date | 24th January 1934 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. MD 24 JAN 1934 Western TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE. Time Received: 9-40 Date: 24/1/34 To: Hives By: WGH from: Detroit H8 VED All Banks had successful experience with Semi balanced Crankshafts of similar proportions similar to Kestrel Step bearings entirely Satisfactory Stop developed Test Thirty Five hundred revolutions twenty seconds duration FROM THIS SHEET MUST BE FILED. | ||