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).
Telegram reporting that experimental universal joints are leaking badly during a rig test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\4\ Scan023 | |
| Date | 8th May 1918 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Telegrams for INLAND addresses may be handed to the messenger who delivers this form. The Post Office accepts telegrams by telephone. THE INFORMATION OVERLEAF WILL INTEREST YOU. [Handwritten/Stamped Information] Reference: X7340. No.: 6. Charges to pay: 9/28. Prefix: SC. Time handed in: 9/15. Office of Origin: Paris. Date: 8.5.18. Words: 12. Time received: 9-35a.m. To office code: 1320 YCE. Office Stamp: DE[...] 8 MY 18. Stamp: CONFIRMATION. [Message] To: Roycar Derby Angleterre. Message: Experimental universal Joints Leaking Badly Test on Rig. From: Robotham. | ||