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).
Delayed photograph of a secret 8-cylinder engine and the importance of not revealing it.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\3\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 7th October 1940 | |
| S/W. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} B-4-LS. 200 Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}2/KW7.10.40. Thanks for Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/ML25.9.40. I am still waiting for the photograph, and thought I had better let you know that this so far has not come to hand. I note what you say about the photograph indicating that an 8-cylinder engine has been running in our hands, and we must of course be careful not to do anything to reveal that fact. It would be better, of course, to do nothing than to reveal any secrets. I don't suppose it is of much consequence whether they publish the article on p.t.o. | ||