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).
Faulty Smith radiator thermometer being sent for repair and a request for a failure report.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\4\ img145 | |
| Date | 8th August 1933 | |
| x3987. To ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. G/Mt. c. D/BP. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/KT. 8.8.33. SMITH THERMOMETER. We are sending into the Stores a Smith radiator thermometer No. T.39. This instrument has failed to read correctly on one of our Expl. chassis. Will you please have this instrument repaired requesting Messrs Smiths to let us have a special report on the cause of failure. Order No. 54105. Upon receipt of this instrument from the makers repaired, the same should be handed into production stock crediting our order no. 54105 with the same. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. WST | ||