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).
Requesting the urgent manufacture of a water excluding ring for an 8.B.V. Servo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 6th February 1939 | |
| O 400 b To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}10/MH.{M. Huckerby}6.2.39. 8.B.V. SERVO - WATER EXCLUDING RING. Will you please make one ring to the attached sketch, in Bakelite, or Brass if bakelite is not immediately available. This is urgently required as the servo is of the non detachable type and can only be fitted when the gearbox is dismantled. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||