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).
Adoption of a rubber hose type joint for the thermostat water connections to improve fool-proofness.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\D\April1920\ Scan23 | |
| Date | 20th April 1920 | |
| To HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to OJ. " " BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} " " DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X.3563 ORIGINAL. RE THERMOSTAT. R2/G19/4/20. 4 20 APR 1920 Regarding the thermostat and the slight want of fool-proofness in making the water connections, I certainly think it will be advisable for us to adopt the india rubber water joint [handwritten: hose type] instead of the union connection between the thermostat tower and the other water pipes leading up to it. R.{Sir Henry Royce} [Signature] W R 5227 (200 L) (2'D' 408' 30-1-19) R'P' Streetly | ||