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).
Letter to S. Smith & Sons Ltd. regarding the risk of using a 40 lb. gauge and a request for a 60 lb. gauge for trial.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\4\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1935 | |
| Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.4/KW. 2nd January, 1935. Messrs. S. Smith & Sons (M.A.) Ltd., Cricklewood Works, London, N.W.2. Your Ref: E.1.POD. Dear Sirs, We beg to thank you for yours of the 29th ult., and note that you consider there is an element of risk in using the 40 lb. Gauge. Will you please send us for trial purposes one 60 lb. Gauge, interchangeable with the standard ones and with the standard figuring and appearance. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||