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).
Modification of a Smith Electric Clock sent to stores to make it suitable for production.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\1\ img114 | |
| Date | 6th September 1933 | |
| 86135! Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. to G/MT. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.2/MA.6.9.33. SMITH ELECTRIC CLOCKS. We sent into the stores one Smith Electric Clock under cover of Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.7/MA.21.7.33. Will you please cancel this memo as we understand the clock we sent into the Stores was not suitable for production without modification. Will you please therefore arrange for this clock to be sent to Messrs.Smiths to have a new dial fitted and brought into line with our 40150 production electric clock. The same can then be handed over to production crediting our order No.54101 with the same. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||