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 return a coupling to The Hermetic Rubber Co. Ltd. with observations on its failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\5\ 05-page31 | |
| Date | 10th February 1931 | |
| Stores. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X512 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}3/MJ.10.2.31. Will you please return the attached coupling to The Hermetic Rubber Co. Ltd., with the following observations. - "We have now run a number of your couplings and they have given a reasonably good life. They tend to fail, however, down the centre of the fabric and we are forwarding you a typical example under a separate cover". Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||