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).
Official order be sent to Messrs. S.Smith & Sons for a thermostat unit and conversion work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\2\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 25th January 1938 | |
| 1328 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. c. G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.5/AP.25.1.38 Will you please send an official order to Messrs.S.Smith & Sons Ltd., for the following:- 1. Thermostat unit to X.30065 but with 1¼" dia. valve seat and opening temp. of 78 - 80°C. - to be full open at or below 93°C. 2. Work involved in converting standard X.30065 unit (which we are returning) to unit similar to 1. Our letter of 25th. inst refers. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||