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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 the S.U. Company Limited for the supply of needles (SV.4 and SV.5) with specific dimensions.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 121\4\  scan0052
Date  23th August 1935
  
X1687

Exptl. Dept.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/KW.

23rd August,1935.

The S.U. Company Limited,
East Works,
Adderley Park,
Birmingham 8.

Dear Sirs,

Will you please supply as soon as possible 1 dozen needles to SV.4 and 1 dozen to SV.5, which are to the following dimensions.

These measurements of the needle diameters are in thous. of an inch, at intervals of .125" from the shoulder, No.1 being the top dimension.

We have shown a limit of .002" on the shoulder and on the tapered length.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
85 85 79 75.2 73.3 71.6 70.3 69.1 67.9 66.8 65.6 64.5
85 85 79.1 75.3 73.5 71.9 70.7 69.6 68.5 67.5 66.4 65.4


Yours faithfully,

FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED.
  
  


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