The production of a sample set of 'Goshawk II' laminated road springs for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\2\ Scan036 | |
| Date | 23th February 1922 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FEB 23 1922 RECEIVED X4429 By:from Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} c. to Me/Dr. Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} 1/NJ23.2.22. "Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II" - Laminated Road Springs. Referring to mine Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} 1/NJ14.2.22 and the visit of Mr.J.Wortley Fawcett, Mr.Mark Firth and Mr.Stansfield (Thos.Firth & Sons Ltd.) to these Works on the 21st inst., I attach hereto copy of a letter from Firths, dated 22nd inst. confirming the arrangement arrived at with them regarding the production of a sample set of springs to be tested out on our bumping rig. Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} Ltr.att. | ||
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).