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).
A gauge required for chassis 17-EX for the Maharajah of Kashmir.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\4\ Scan048 | |
| Date | 25th April 1929 | |
| To G/WFH. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x4038. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/LG25.4.29. With reference to G/WFH/CA22/MM24.4.29. The gauge in question KS.182.P. was required for chassis 17-EX H.H. Marahaj of Kashmir. We asked the O.O. to pass an order for this gauge in our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG26.3.29., the full specification of this gauge was given to Messrs. H.M.Hobson in our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG 26.3.29. are We/completing tests on this gauge to check its accuracy in the Expl: Dept: and it will then be handed over to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} for despatch. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||