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).
Standardisation proposal for a flexible atmospheric temperature thermometer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\4\ img307 | |
| Date | 15th September 1931 | |
| COMMITTEE BENTLEY STANDARDISATION of PARTS Description of Part: ATM. TEMP. THERMOMETER WITH FLEXIBLE Drawing No. X No. 6005. Drawing No. III.1950. Origin: To prevent future re-inforcements on two cars and dispense with rubber bushing and save cost. Report to Experimental Dept. 15,000 miles satisfactorily on V-8-B in France. Extra Tool Cost - Nil. Could be brought on to production at the 1st. chassis in "M" Series (with-out scrap.) Cost Table: MATERIAL, LABOUR, CHARGES, TOTAL Cost of Old Part: £1 s7 d9 Cost of New Part: £1 s7 d8 Nett Decrease: d1 Signature from Cost Dept. that above is correct D.P. 16.8.31 Approvals: INITIAL, DATE, REMARKS SC HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C, 19.8.31, Agreed H.C. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}, 25.8.31, Agreed D.A. YB, 18.8.31, Agreed Y.B. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, 29.8.31, Agreed RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} XM, 30.8.31, Agreed XM. MR, 19.8.31, Agreed M.R. | ||