Request to manufacture a distance piece and several discs for experiments on the new Bentley spring drive.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\5\ scan0058 | |
| Date | 11th December 1933 | |
| x247 To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 17/KT.11.12.33. NEW BENTLEY SPRING DRIVE TO LEC.3602. Will you please make one Distance Piece to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1234, one disc to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1235, and six discs to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1236. These are required for experiments on the above spring drive. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||
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).