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 Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. requesting a price for two types of bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\4\ scan0241 | |
| Date | 5th November 1938 | |
| 1153 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}4/MH.{M. Huckerby} 5th. November 1938. Messrs. The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Chelmsford, ESSEX. Dear Sirs, Will you please let us know the relative price of an order for 500 of the two following bearings; firstly, a 40 x 90 x 2J journal bearing with snap ring; secondly, a bearing of the same outside dimensions as the one above, but having 8 - 19/32 diameter balls. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||