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 a replacement sliding joint for a 20 HP silencer in two different bronze alloys due to a failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\7\ 07-page069 | |
| Date | 26th March 1930 | |
| RIC. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} K5230 Ha/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/MJ.26.3.30. YC-80. Will you please make Detail E.55914 Sliding Joint for 20 HP. Silencer - One off in aluminium bronze, and one off in manganese 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}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||