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).
Request to supply a piece of lead with specified dimensions for the 'cast iron aluminium head controversy'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\3\ Scan022 | |
| Date | 1st November 1928 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X7050 Cyl. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rnl/LGZ.11.28. Will you please supply a piece of lead as per sketch. This lead is urgently required in connection with the cast iron aluminium head controversy. [Sketch of a rectangular block with dimensions: length 32", width 4", thickness 1.125"] To weigh 60 lbs. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||