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).
Request to order two cork washers with specified dimensions for the Phantom slipper wheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\4\ Scan019 | |
| Date | 8th June 1928 | |
| To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3855 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG8.6.28. X8300 We wish to try cork washers for the damping effect in the Phantom slipper wheel. Will you please therefore order for us 2 washers made of cork to the following dias. Outside dia. 7.800" Inside dia. 6.125" } E.70792. Thickness: .030" Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||