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).
Confirming a conversation to obtain two types of Hoffman bearings with steel instead of bronze cages.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0282 | |
| Date | 11th September 1937 | |
| Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. G/JWH. 328 P.III - O/No.54317. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Absent. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}4/R.11.9.37. This is to confirm our conversation with Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Dn. asking you to obtain as quickly as possible two bearings of each of the following types:- Hoffman R.145 G.55867 both to have steel instead of bronze cages. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||