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).
Poor quality of Terry spanners and the decision to manufacture future spanners as stampings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\8\ Scan030 | |
| Date | 24th October 1922 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} T X1027 E1/M24.10.22. SPANNERS X.1027. With reference to your BY2/P16.10.22., the Terry spanners are not such a good job as we expected, either for finish or shape. Nevertheless, Mr. Royce wishes to keep the sample set down here for use in the garage, and they should be therefore charged to his account. It was suggested at one time that we should make our spanners from 1.BA downwards in pressed sheet steel, but finally Mr. Royce decided that we should have them all as stampings. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||