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).
Instruction to send a melted thermometer from a 9-EX car to the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co. for repair.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\4\ img072 | |
| Date | 17th August 1927 | |
| To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Mr. Stores. [Stamp: RECEIVED 17 AUG 1927] [Stamp: RECEIVED SF 16 AUG 1927 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}] [Handwritten: X487 X3875] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/LG16. 8.27. We are sending into the Stores for despatch to The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., Cambridge, for repair :- 1 Thermometer off 9-EX car on which the contact finger has melted. Please issue the necessary instructions to Stores. [Handwritten: Label above 19/8/27] [Handwritten Signature: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C J L] | ||