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).
Request to purchase a secondhand blue-print machine for £28 10s to avoid delays with one-off blueprints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\4\ scan0053 | |
| Date | 27th March 1940 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Please see me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} file Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}15/ML.27.3.40. Particulars sent to E.W. BLUE-PRINT MACHINE. We are perpetually being held up two or three days for one off blueprints. We should like your agreement to purchase a secondhand simple print machine such as was used at West WitteringHenry Royce's home town, to get us out of this difficulty. We could purchase one for £28. 10s. from Mason and Sons. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Agreed HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} STAMP: RECEIVED MAR 1940 HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||