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 an inertia ring be machined down in weight from 29 lbs to 20 lbs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0026 | |
| Date | 21th February 1938 | |
| 8 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 600 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}21.2.38. The inertia ring just removed from 24.G.VI car weighs 29 lbs. We would like this machined down to approximately 20 lbs. Will you do this for us as soon as possible. The number of the inertia ring is EX.28322. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||