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 The Light Production Co.Ltd. requesting a set of pistons for an undersized cylinder block.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\2\ scan0110 | |
| Date | 31th December 1935 | |
| Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW. 31st December, 1935 C.H. Brooks Esq., The Light Production Co.Ltd., 60/66, Rochester Row, Westminster, London, S.W.1. Dear Brooks, We have had a cylinder block plated for test which has come out undersize. The mean dimensions are 3.494" + .0005". Will you please supply us with a set of the latest pistons with the saw cut in the ring groove, to these dimensions. With best wishes for 1936. Yours sincerely, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||