Letter to The British Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. requesting the destructive testing of rubber samples.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\1\ scan0205 | |
| Date | 11th November 1935 | |
| <322 Exptl. Dept. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.39/KW. 11th November,1935. The British Tyre & Rubber Co.Ltd., Leyland, Lancs. For the attention of Mr. Evans. Dear Sirs, We have to-day despatched 2 rubbers C.83187 to France for test purposes, and 2 similar rubbers to Leyland, marked for your attention. I should be very grateful if you would test these rubbers to destruction, and let me have a report. The steel inserts can then be returned to Burton for new rubbers. Burton do not know I am sending you these samples. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||
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).