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).
Requesting a covering order for a flexible drive and speedometer overhaul.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img293 | |
| Date | 19th November 1940 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}1/ET.19.11.40. Will you please arrange for a covering order to be issued to the A.T. Speedometer Co. Ltd., for the following:- 1. 15 ft. length flexible drive to this part No. ATF 14 (heavy type) Recalibration and overhaul of Speedometer No. 0195. The speedometer has already been dispatched to them by Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/PC. as per our memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}4/ST.17.11.40, and we have informed their Mr. Arrowsmith by letter of our requirements (Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}2/ET.17.11.40). O/N. 753. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||