Cancelling instructions for a research committee and clarifying design responsibilities for experiments and production.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 33\1\ Scan156 | |
| Date | 26th September 1923 | |
| To Rg. {Mr Rowledge} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} To Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Handwritten annotation] X1775 [Handwritten annotation] X1778 X3054 After consultation it has been decided to cancel the instruct-ions for a committee for research work and to leave the selection of experiments, the order in which they should be proceeded with and the designs for carrying out the experiments under the control of Rg. {Mr Rowledge} - Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Mxx [struck through] as before being the experimenter. Consequently EX. will not be asked to produce [handwritten above: drawings] designs for experiments connected with the research but will as heretofore supply designs in connection with production, both experimental & standardised [handwritten]. xxxx R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).