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).
Typed memo requesting specific parts, including taps and drills, for an office anthracite stove.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 34\4\ Scan036 | |
| Date | 12th September 1918 | |
| To E.H. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} < 2048 12th Sept. 1918. R3/G12.9.18. RE OFFICE ANTHRACITE STOVE. Would you kindly send us by return, the following parts which are required to fir up office anthracite stove:- 2 taps for 1/4" Whitworth coarse thread i.e. 20 per inch, viz. plug and second tap, also a wrench. 2 tapping drills for above, .200" or .203" dia. parallel shank (short ones preferred) to use in bevel geared breast drill. Also short quarter clearance drill .265" dia. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||