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 manufacture two replacement sliding joints, Detail E.55914, in different bronze alloys for a 20 HP silencer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\2\ 02-page252 | |
| Date | 26th March 1930 | |
| X5840 15230 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}5/W.26.3.30. Will you please make Detail E.55914 Sliding Joint for 20 HP. Silencer - One off in aluminium bronze, and one off in maganese bronze. These are urgently required for the car running in France where failure has occurred due to the joint not sliding freely in the present materials. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||