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).
Enclosing newspaper cuttings about the race at Rheims and enquiring about the rights to the COANDA exhaust system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0024 | |
| Date | 6th July 1936 | |
| Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY..........Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Sr/Crn3/6.7.36. Dear Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Many thanks for your memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}I6/KW.3.7.36. Further to the conversation I had on the 'phone with you this morning, I am enclosing cuttings from last night's edition of the Entransigeant regarding the race at Rheims. Upon my return from Lyon in a couple of days or so, I will write to you again concerning other missing information as soon as I return from my trip. Yours sincerely, W.S./Crn P.S. Do you perchance know anything about the COANDA exhaust system, the rights for which I believe have been purchased (so a customer tells us) by the Company ? | ||