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).
Dispatch of Pinion Bearings and a change in the formulation of Hi-Press oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\4\ scan0058 | |
| Date | 16th February 1937 | |
| 1113 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gryll/R.16.2.37. With regard to your telephone conversation with Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, we have sent you by Air Mail to Paris both the Pinion Bearings for which you asked. While on the subject of rear axle, we find that Wakefield's have changed the brew of their Hi-Press oil, which is now what you know as RR. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} oil. They are sending you a further 5 gallons of this to Chateauroux. Will you please run it in 35-EX as soon as it arrives. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||