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).
The principle of using a taper pin to locate a nipple for a union in an aluminium boss.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 34\2\ Scan011 | |
| Date | 25th August 1926 | |
| X2170 A.Dept. [Redacted] [Redacted] Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Ha. E.Dept. BY2/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 25.8.26. [STAMP] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 26 AUG 1926 RECEIVED [END STAMP] PIPE UNIONS AND ALUMINIUM CASTINGS. ----------------------------------- I recently took up with West WitteringHenry Royce's home town a point of principle, by suggesting that the use of a taper pin to locate a nipple for a union in an aluminium boss was entirely wrong. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} has discussed the matter with R.{Sir Henry Royce} who has instructed him to write to us and say that R.{Sir Henry Royce} agrees that the peg should be left out. 4081 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Signature] | ||