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 from Laycock Engineering Co enquiring about the testing of a sample Layrub Propeller Shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 21th December 1935 | |
| LAYRUB · LAYMECH · PROPELLOR SHAFTS. TELEGRAMS: "INVENTION, SHEFFIELD" TELEPHONE: 70041-70042-70043. SHEFFIELD LAYCOCK ENGINEERING Cº OUR REF. FBH/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}15/KW. Exptl. Dept. MOTOR COMPONENTS VICTORIA WORKS MILLHOUSES SHEFFIELD. 8. 21st December 1935. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Re:- Layrub Propeller Shafts. We should like to refer to the sample Layrub Propeller Shaft supplied against your order No. 77848 some months ago, and to enquire whether you have yet found an opportunity of assembling same for test. Yours faithfully, For the Company, W.G. PALLETT, General Manager. | ||