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).
Stating disinterest in a hand pump from Kinsmans, expressing preference for a foot pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\5\ scan0136 | |
| Date | 22th July 1931 | |
| Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Y993. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}7/MJ.22.7.31. KINSMAN HAND PUMP. We explained fully to Kinsmans chief engineer when he called, why we could not countenance adopting a hand pump, however efficient. If they cannot submit a foot pump we have no further interest in them. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||