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 procurement and despatch of 25/30 bearing shells for metalling with 'Satco'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0152 | |
| Date | 26th November 1936 | |
| 1020 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}5/AP.26.11.36. Will you please procure and despatch to The Hoyt Metal Co., Putney, London S.W.15. a set of 25/30 bearing shells which they are going to metal with "Satco". They will be returned in an unmachined state, the finished machining to be done here. One thing they specially pointed out was that any turnings from this material should not get mixed with any ordinary W/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} turnings. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||