Requesting an order for more rubber blocks and confirming others have been despatched for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\7\ 07-page66 | |
| Date | 8th March 1938 | |
| To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} c. G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /JWH. 6223. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 9/JH.8.3.38. With reference to memo. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 4.3.38. will you please send an order for 4 more rubber blocks 3 1/8" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" of 55° durometer hardness, making 8 in all of 55° to the British Tyre & Rubber Co.Ltd. Derby Road, Burton. These rubbers have since been despatched to France for testing on 26.G.VI. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||
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).