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).
Clarifying an order for 72 rings and awaiting instructions for the return of an over-supplied batch from Messrs. Wellworthy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\3\ scan0420 | |
| Date | 25th October 1938 | |
| 1256. To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}1/MH.{M. Huckerby}25.10.38. In reply to your memo Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/AW.4/IB.24.10.38, we have already instructed Messrs. Wellworthy that we only require a total of 72 rings. Also they have confirmed that they would only supply this number. We shall therefore put on one side the further 72 rings supplied, and await their instructions for fetching them back. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} | ||