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).
Extract from a memo by Mr Royce regarding a change in the design of brake liners with Ferodo tips.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\1\ 01-page165 | |
| Date | 11th August 1914 | |
| Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Wcr/C11814. Brake Liners with Ferodo Tips. X.188 Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 11-8-14. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Na.{Mr Nadin}c. The following is an extract from Mr Royce's memo R/P31.7.14. :- "Since Mr Platford's experiment with the expansion, it is no good expecting much good from ferodo tips. Substitute instead short pieces of ferodo with short pieces of cast iron between, the ferodo being held down by four rivets and the cast iron by two". p. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||