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 two sets of a quiet shock absorber valve for trial, as per attached blueprint N.Sch.3838.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 27th September 1933 | |
| X4698. To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/KT.27.9.33. QUIET SHOCK ABSORBER VALVES. We should like to try the valve to N.Sch.3838 blueprint of which we attach. As its success is problematical we should like to make two sets to start with; will you please produce. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||