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 the allocation of an engine to test Whitemetal Main Bearings for the Wraith model, supplied by the Hoyt Metal Company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\3\ scan0300 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1938 | |
| 1020 Files To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}5/VS.{J. Vickers}3.11.38. SVDC - See me Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} WRAITH MAIN BEARINGS. We have received from the Hoyt Metal Company three sets of Whitemetal Main Bearings of standard Wraith type EW.1822-29. Will you therefore kindly allocate an engine in which tests may be carried out before giving further consideration to this source of supply for production requirements. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} [Signature] | ||