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).
Request to order various sizes of rubber hose from two different suppliers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\2\ scan0320 | |
| Date | 29th February 1940 | |
| Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} File Radiators 1280 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}5/GH.29.2.40. re RUBBER HOSE CONNECTION. -------------------------- Will you please pass an order to the Spot Rubber Co. to cover the rubber tube listed on the attached advice note. We should also like you to obtain the following rubber hose from Leyland & Birmingham Rubber Co. Ltd., 20 ft of ½" black rubber hose, canvas interlaced. 20 ft of ⅝" black rubber hose, canvas interlaced. 20 ft of 1" black rubber hose, all rubber. 20 ft of 1¼" black rubber hose, all rubber. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards} | ||