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 manufacture a distance piece and several discs for experiments on the new Bentley spring drive.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\5\ scan0058 | |
Date | 11th December 1933 | |
x247 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}17/KT.11.12.33. NEW BENTLEY SPRING DRIVE TO LEC.3602. Will you please make one Distance Piece to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1234, one disc to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1235, and six discs to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1236. These are required for experiments on the above spring drive. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||