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 from Hardy Spicer & Co. Limited confirming their apparatus is ready to test propeller shafts and asking for an approximate delivery date.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 23th September 1940 | |
| 1262 Hardy Spicer & Co. Limited. TELEPHONE: BIRCHFIELDS 4504-9 (6 LINES). TELEGRAMS & CABLES: AUTOJOINTS, BIRMINGHAM LONDON OFFICE: BUSH HOUSE. ALDWYCH. LONDON. W.C.2 TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 8219 OUR REF. JAD/EA. YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}/ET. REGISTERED OFFICE AND WORKS BIRCH ROAD, WITTON, BIRMINGHAM, 6. 23rd September 1940. Messrs Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY Dear Sirs, We acknowledge yours of the 19th inst. We still have all our apparatus working on Propeller Shafts, and could undertake to test the Shafts referred to. We should be glad to know the approximate day you would be delivering the Shafts. Yours faithfully, p.p. HARDY SPICER & CO. LIMITED J.A. Daniell. Director. | ||