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 John Summers & Sons confirming a telephone conversation and an order for steel sheets with specific carbon content.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\5\ scan0102 | |
| Date | 17th November 1939 | |
| 1010 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/MH.{M. Huckerby} 17th. November, 1939. G.Summers, Esq., Messrs. John Summers & Sons Ltd., Hawarden Bridge Steel Works, Shotton, CHESTER. Dear Geoffrey, Confirming our telephone conversation today, we should like you to put in hand forthwith 4 strips of 16 Gauge (.064) sheet, 15' long by 32" wide in the highest carbon which you have available, which we understand will not exceed .08 to .12. We understand that in about 3 weeks' time you will be able to supply us with similar sheets to the correct carbon content, i.e. .15 to .13, and confirm that we should like you to put in hand 8 pieces similar to the above as soon as the material is available. Yours sincerely, P.S. We confirm having wired you later as follows:- "TWO PIECES LOW CARBON MATERIAL WILL BE SUFFICIENT. ROBOTHAM." | ||