Payment for a propeller shaft, with handwritten notes questioning the expenditure and suggesting an alternative design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0032 | |
| Date | 24th April 1935 | |
| ROY {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} /MS5/P.24.4.35. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Handwritten Initials] Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} GRY {Shadwell Grylls} [Handwritten Note] What value are we getting from this expenditure Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Stamped in red] 3LBS LESS WEIGHT Kindly note the Propeller Shaft ordered from Messrs. Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd. on March 14th last, in accordance with Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les10/KW.11.3.35, costs £27.14.8. nett. Please state whether this amount can be paid or not. [Handwritten Note, bottom left] This includes die cost. [Handwritten Note, bottom right] Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} Fork type needle joints & parallel sheet welded shaft should be far less expensive & better balanced than ring type drawn forged shafts, & drilled balancing flanges that we use now. E 25/4/35 | ||
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).