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Adoption of automatic tappets, associated royalties to General Motors, and a request for particulars from Halford.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 147\1\  scan0002
Date  11th April 1933
  
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To Lp. {Mr Lappin} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 9/KT.11.4.33.

HALFORD - AUTOMATIC TAPPETS.

It is probable that we shall adopt automatic tappets, at least on car engines. The scheme we propose to use means that we shall have to pay a royalty to General Motors. We see no reason why Halford should not send us particulars of his scheme if he is prepared to let us have it under royalty.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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