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).
Receiving bearings from Ransome & Marles and ordering discs from Ferodo for clutch testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\1\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 31th October 1935 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} X1180 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}18/KW.31.10.35. We have received from Ransome & Marles 3 of their XLJ. 1 1/4 bearings with oilite cages, to test on clutch thrust bearings. Will you please send them an official order - Order No. 54307. We have asked Messrs. Ferodo to send us one dozen Discs to E.55092, and also a dozen 6.575" outside dia., 3.800" inside dia. x .100" thick, all in RAD.5 material - Order No. 54317. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||