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 an order for 6 sets of experimental Ferodo brake shoe material from Messrs. Herbert Frood.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan067 | |
| Date | 21th March 1919 | |
| R R.{Sir Henry Royce} 235 a (100 T) (S.E. 527. 21-2-18) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2199 Mr Clough from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. EH. c. EFC. March 21. 1919. BY7-P21319. X.3518 REAR HUB AND BRAKE. RE BRAKE LINING. Will you kindly take out an experimental number and order up 6 sets of Ferodo Brake Shoes in Messrs.Herbert Frood's number 9 material for brake segments. In ordering up the material we should specify that it should be supplied without wire in its construction. The number 9 material in question is a specially treated die pressed material, non impregnated. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||