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).
Request to order and test 'Glowray' resistance wire for a regulator unit, as the oxidised wire proved unsatisfactory.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\2\ img118 | |
| Date | 8th October 1937 | |
| 6092, To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} BY/RD.6/B.8.10.37. Regulator Unit - RR.Sch.896. Will you please order a bobbin of :- 23 SWG. Wiggins' "Glowray" Resistance Wire, D.C.C. Quantity required - not less than 50 Ft. Will you please arrange for a supply of this wire to be tested as soon as possible, as we are informed today by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC{R. Childs}, that the oxidised wire has proved to be unsatisfactory. BY/RD | ||