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).
Delays in producing drawings for a Cylinder Boring Machine and refuting a perception of favouring complexity.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0040 | |
| Date | 16th January 1913 | |
| [Printed Header]: R.R. 235A (150 H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints}) (LL 57. 18.10.12) E.P. 2762. [Handwritten Top Right]: Mr Johnson. Copy has been sent to Works. [Handwritten Signature]: FHRoyce [Typed Title]: Re 3 Operation Cylinder Boring Machine. [Stamped]: RECEIVED 21 JAN 1913 [Typed Body]: About a year ago I sent detailed sketches to scale for this machine, can we not get these drawn out at the Works without alterations and complications which seems to be the chief cause of the delay in the progress upon this work. There seems to be an impression at the Works that I love complication, no error could be greater, we must achieve our object and do so by the simplest possible means. [Typed Signature & Date]: F.H.R. 16/1/13. [Handwritten Bottom]: Works What is condition of this affair ? [Stamped]: 21 JAN 1913 [Stamped]: 13 | 1 | Co [Handwritten Bottom Left]: CC | ||