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).
Redesign and production of 45-inch springs by the company Firths.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67a\1\ scan0021 | |
| Date | 26th January 1925 | |
| By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} c.c. By/HSB. c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X8410 Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}7/NJ26.1.25. EAC.11 - 45" Springs. Referring to yours By7/H5.1.25 and correspondence attached thereto (all of which please return to me), I now send you a letter from Firths, dated 24th inst. together with certain particulars of the 45" front spring which Mr.Stansfield has re-designed for comparison with the 45" springs of 1100 and 1150 lbs. previously supplied to us. If you agree with the particulars furnished by Firths, please let me know whether you are agreeable to Firths proceeding forthwith to produce three pairs of 1100 and 1150 lbs springs to said dimensions. Corres. att. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} R.R. 230B (100 T) (S.H. 798. 10-12-90) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2948 | ||