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 an official order for 80 lbs of number eleven 'H' metal from the Hoyt Metal Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0098 | |
| Date | 30th October 1936 | |
| 51020 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c.c. to G/JHH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}5/JH.30.10.36. Will you please pass an Official Order for 80 lbs. of number eleven "H" metal which we have received from the Hoyt Metal Co. The price as quoted in their letter of the 28th is 2/8½d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} per lb. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/L.H.Swindall. | ||