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 dispatch of faulty FLB.50.X. plugs with wide and burnt gaps for inspection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0118 | |
| Date | 12th May 1937 | |
| 200a HOTEL DE FRANCE, CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/HFH{Hoppy F. Hamilton}/2/JAB. 12th May 1937. To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/G.W.H. 3. B. IV. Re. your memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}9/JH.10.5.37. In accordance with your instructions, the FLB.50.X. plugs that were running in the engine were despatched to you last night, as they had been giving trouble due to wide and burnt gaps. If you wish us to have these as spares, would you please return them to us when you have completed inspecting them. You will note that the gaps when removed from the engine are marked on each respective cardboard guard. ----------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/HFH.{Hoppy F. Hamilton} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Hampton | ||