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 for carbon contacts for 'Phantom III' switchbox experiments to prevent breakages.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\3\ img048 | |
Date | 14th August 1937 | |
6090 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} BY/RD.3/B.14.8.37. "Phantom III" Switchbox. [Handwritten note:] 5 returned Scrap. Will you please order for us ½ doz. carbon contacts to D.76082, one blueprint attached herewith. These are urgently required in connection with starter switch experiments in which we think a longer flexible pigtail will cure the breakages now occurring in customers' hands. BY/RD. | ||