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).
Confirming the urgent receipt of two dozen carbon brushes for a variable speed motor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\1\ img134 | |
| Date | 27th September 1941 | |
| 6093 Elec To C/Ht. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby} Copy to Hoy. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby}3/ET.27.9.41. We have received direct a parcel containing 2 dozen carbon brushes EG.8565 for a 25 H.P., 3 phase, variable speed motor, from Lawrence-Scott & Electro-Motors Ltd. These were ordered in the normal manner, through Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/ASS., but the parts were required urgently. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby} | ||