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).
The placement of official orders for gland washers from two suppliers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0295 | |
| Date | 15th September 1938 | |
| 1269 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. c. G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.1/MH.{M. Huckerby}15.9.38. Will you please send the following official orders:- (a) to The Manganese Bronze & Brass Co. Ltd. for two gland washers to our drawing EXS.1020. These have been ordered by telephone and have been quoted at 2/6d. each. (b) The Morgan Crucible Co. Ltd. for two gland washers to our drawing EXS.1021. Order No.52444. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||