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).
Internal memorandum regarding an outdated water pump specification and the production of new parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\3\ scan0269 | |
| Date | 17th April 1940 | |
| file 1269 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/PH. c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}1/JH.17.4.40. Water Pump. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards} has pointed out in his memo. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}3/GH. 11.4.40. that specifications now standing for new engines, cater for a water pump which is out of date. Will HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/HH. please put in hand six sets of parts to SCD.139E as soon as possible, and Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. issue any further details which are necessary to produce these pumps. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} | ||