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).
Specifying the graduation for distance petrol gauges being ordered for a sports car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\2\ Scan105 | |
| Date | 15th February 1928 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} H4038 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG15.2.28. Attached is a copy of a letter we have written to Mr. Davey. When ordering the dozen distance petrol gauges for the Sports car, will you please specify that the mask is graduated according to the right-hand sketch on the attached print. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||