Relaying the contents of a telegram from Royce concerning dangerous Phantom pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\2\ scan0174 | |
| Date | 17th July 1928 | |
| X5040 To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG17.7.28. X5040 from R. {Sir Henry Royce} :- We give below a copy of a telegram we have received "HIVES - TWENTY PISTON ASSUMING BREAK AS PHANTOM CONSIDER "PRESENT DANGEROUS SCRAP AND REPLACE WITH STRENGTHENED AS "PHANTOM NAMELY LARGER SOLE-CLOSE TO STRENGTHENED WEB FOUR "RINGS ONLY CANCEL RECESS AND SCRAPER RING GROOVE OPPOSITE "AND BETWEEN WEBS ARE DIE CASTINGS TREACHEROUS THROUGH CRACKS "OR WRONG IN ALLOY ALSO HATE RINGS E.53624 - ROYCE". 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).