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).
Receipt of Sumet Metal tubes for testing by the Experimental Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\1\ Scan106 | |
| Date | 1st May 1925 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Chat. [Strikethrough] c.c. RHO. [c.c. is struck through] X4108 Rg{Mr Rowledge}1/W14. 5. 25 SUMET METAL. We are informed by Stores that they have received one tube 4" x 2 3/4 Hole x 12" and two tubes 3 3/4" x 2 3/4 Hole x 12" of Sumet Metal. Will Expt. Dept. please test these in due course, and Chat. keep them in Stores until Expt. Dept. ask for them. Rg.{Mr Rowledge} [Signature] Rg.{Mr Rowledge} | ||