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).
Requesting a drawing modification for gland packing length based on experimental findings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0200 | |
| Date | 1st March 1934 | |
| x4698 By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HEB. {H. Biraben} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /WB. {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /WB. {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell} 2/MA.1.3.34. FB967 GLAND PACKING. N.SCH.3941 INDIVIDUAL CONTROL DAMPER. The length of tallowed single ply asbestos rope required to make FB697 gland packing has been found by experiment to be 15 inches per gland, whereas the drawing specifies 30 inches. Will you please modify drawing accordingly. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /W.Bell. | ||