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).
Scheme for ordering springs from the supplier, Firths.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\2\ Scan029 | |
| Date | 21th January 1922 | |
| - 3 - Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} 1/NJ21.1.22. springs. At the same time they thank us for the timely warning. (k) As regards the latest scheme for ordering springs by which no cambers are specified in the free condition, I have ascertained that Firths have on their staff a man whom they are satisfied is competent to work out all calculations in connection with the design of springs and they (Firths) are prepared to build springs from their own calculations, given only the poundage and loaded camber. Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} | ||