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).
Internal memorandum requesting the manufacture of half a dozen sets of cast iron ends for shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\4\ Scan274 | |
| Date | 24th March 1931 | |
| X) 520. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/MJ.24.3.31. Further to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KT.23.3.31. X285. We wish to incorporate in these shock absorbers cast iron ends carrying the valves having knife-edged seats. You will recollect we instructed four of these in our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/MJ.12.2.31., to our drawing Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}322. Will you please make half a dozen sets of these ends to go with the pieces mentioned. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||