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).
Request to produce 12 sets of rubber glands and associated parts for shock dampers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0334 | |
| Date | 24th May 1937 | |
| HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les. 1292 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les.1/AP.24.5.37 SHOCK DAMPER GLANDS. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} has asked that we should try rubber glands on our dampers, in view of the satisfactory results now obtained on Luvax dampers. Will you please therefore produce 12 sets of parts to Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 379. This will mean 12 bushes and a mould for the rubber. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les. | ||