Urgent request for the manufacture of a specific Wraith transmission shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\11\ 11-page114 | |
| Date | 11th February 1938 | |
| To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 628 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 2/AP.11.2.38 WRAITH TRANSMISSION Will you please make up for us as soon as possible a GW.779 Tranmission shaft, the shaft itself to be solid and .875" in diameter with a .500" radius machined at each end. There is no necessity for hardening the shaft. Will you please treat this as urgent. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||
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).