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).
Official order for gland packing material from Palmetto & Co. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0084 | |
| Date | 29th January 1937 | |
| 1269 ? To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}10/JH.29.1.37. Will you please pass an official order to :- Palmetto & Co.Ltd., 14-16 Farringdon Rd. London.E.C.1. for a 2 lbs. box of their 1" square section gland packing material which we have received in response to our letter ref. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}9/AP 27.1.37. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||