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).
Procurement of specific rivets for attaching servo friction discs on B.V. type servos.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0195 | |
| Date | 1st March 1939 | |
| 441 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}7/JH.1.3.39. SERVO B.V. We have received samples of the correct size rivet which should be used to attach the servo friction discs on B.V. These have been supplied by the Bifurcated & Tubular Rivet Co.Ltd. Aylesbury, and are 5 1/2/lb. No. 7 x .260" x .031" Tinmans head copper semi tubular rivets, to be used in a 3/16 dia. hole. Will you please order these for all B.5 and B.50 type servos. The D.O. has been notified. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||