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).
Letter to a supplier confirming a preference for narrow groove steering rollers and accepting an alternative to expedite delivery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\2\ scan0247 | |
| Date | 19th February 1937 | |
| 1300 Experimental Department 19th February 1937. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} J/AP. Messrs Ransome & Marles Bearing Co.Ltd., NEWARK-ON-TRENT. For the attention of F.O.Hickling Esq. Dear Sirs, In connection with our telephone conversation of this morning, we wish to confirm that we prefer the narrow groove in the steering rollers to your B.10023 and B.10024. As you have already produced these beyond the turning stage we will agree to accept two rollers of each type with the wide groove in order to expedite delivery. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||