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 to Ransome & Marles Bearing Co. Ltd. requesting an expedited delivery of four special bearings for French tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0203 | |
| Date | 15th April 1937 | |
| 3283 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}4/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 15th April, 1937. Messrs. Ransome & Marles Bearing Co.,Ltd., NEWARK-on-TRENT. Dear Sirs, written to Roy{Sir Henry Royce} H.L. 7th We thank you for your letter CDH/FHC of April 7th concerning the delivery of four special bearings. We regret to note that you want four to five weeks for delivery of the LDJT 1 3/8". We are held up from starting one of our normal French tests until the arrival of these four bearings. We are, therefore, asking you to do all you can to let us have them all before May 7th. Yours faithfully, For ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||