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 the production of 12 shock damper glands to drawing Hs.1077.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0084 | |
| Date | 20th July 1933 | |
| X+69 P. To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.13/KT. 20.7.33. SHOCK DAMPER GLANDS. Will you please make 12 damper glands to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1077. This gland should not be affected by clearances in the bearings, distortion of the casing or shaft and sideway movement of the shaft. It also should avoid any leak which at the moment takes place between the gland cover and the casing. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. | ||