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).
Letter to Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. regarding drawing alterations and print modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\2\ scan0298 | |
| Date | 27th April 1937 | |
| 1300 April 27th 1937 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}6/AP. The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co.Ltd., Chelmsford, ESSEX. Your ref. JHW/PS. Dear Sirs, Re. your letters of the 20th and 27th inst, we regret our delay in answering these. We are altering our drawings to agree with your print 41-473.V. section 182, and have been intending to send you revised prints. However, these are not yet available but we will send them to you as soon as possible. We confirm that it is quite in order for you to work to the modifications shown on your print and in addition to alter the limit in the bores to plus 0.0002 minus 0.0003 and to add a small radius to these bores. These alterations will also be quite in order in connection with our FW.905 and FW.910. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||