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).
Clarifying a point about the standard specification of cadmium-plated springs.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\6\ Scan039 | |
Date | 24th September 1928 | |
X1360 S/W (Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}). from PN.{Mr Northey} PN{Mr Northey}6/LH{Mr Haworth}27.9.28. 24.9.28. In PN{Mr Northey}'s absence I am replying to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG The paragraph in your original long memo ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG6.9.28. to which PN{Mr Northey} referred is the first paragraph on page 2, where, after describing in the previous paragraph at the foot of page 1, that the springs you use as a standard condition at starting point were, inter alia, cadmium plated, you go on to say that "this is the type of springing we are at present offering to customers." H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} | ||