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).
Quality of a sample of Ferodo brake material, with a handwritten reply.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan021 | |
| Date | 22th July 1914 | |
| [Typed Memo] X719 re Ferodo Brake 22.7.14. JR{Mr James Royce}7/S22714. We received 16 pieces of this material yesterday. Will you please let me know if you consider the quality to be satisfactory or not. If you let me have this information early I will arrange for a further quantity, which you require to be supplied. [Handwritten Reply] Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 23.7.14. The quality is satisfactory for our experiments. If we order large quantities later we should have the material woven with selvedge edges as the makers promised HHG [Other annotations: A stamp reads 'RECEIVED 22 VII 1914'. 'Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}' is written next to Mr. Burt, 'Exp. Dept.' next to Mr. Cowen, and 'W.M.' next to Mr. Johnson's Secretary.] | ||