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).
Instructing an official order be sent to S. Smith & Sons for a petrol gauge for a Bentley petrol tank.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\5\ scan0103 | |
| Date | 14th June 1934 | |
| X25/ Roy{Sir Henry Royce}: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/KW.14.6.34. Attached is copy of our letter of to-day's date to Messrs. S. Smith & Sons, requesting them to make a Petrol Gauge to suit the new 26-gallon Bentley Petrol Tank. Will you please send them an official order. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||