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 Gandys Brake Lining querying a measurement on a blueprint for a liner curve.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\1\ scan0248 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1937 | |
| TELEGRAMS & CABLES "GANDY, BIRKENHEAD". "GANDY, PHONE, LONDON". CODES PRIVATE & A.B.C. 4TH & 5TH EDITIONS. -1181 TELEPHONE NO 1074 (TWO LINES) WALLASEY. SAFEGUARD Gandy's BRAKE LINING TRADE MARK PROPRIETORS - THE GANDY BELT MFG. CO. LTD. File Stocks held at LONDON 97 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, and all principal towns. WHEATLAND WORKS, SEACOMBE, CHESHIRE, ENG. 2nd February, 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, Derby. P/B.2598. Your Ref. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale}6/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Dear Sirs, With reference to the Blue Prints enclosed with yours of the 29th ult. we notice on G.B.751 that the curve of the liner is shown as 5.687 inside "diameter". Should not this be "radius"? Yours faithfully, GANDYS, (The G.B.M.Co.Ltd.) C.H.Probert. General Manager. | ||