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).
Letter requesting assistance for an experimental production engineer, Mr. Coverly, visiting America to study manufacturing methods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img015 | |
| Date | 30th November 1933 | |
| L.S.W [handwritten] Experimental Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/KT. November 30th 1933. E.C. Gordon England Esq., The Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd., Caxton House, Westminster, London, S.W.1. Dear Sir, Thank you for your letter of Nov. 21st. Our experimental production engineer, Mr. Coverly, is sailing for America at once on the He will be alone and has not previously visited U.S.A. We should therefore be very grateful for anything you can do to help him when he arrives in New York. He hopes to visit Detroit and Cleveland to see something of the manufacturing methods at present in use in the States. Yours sincerely, | ||