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 regarding alterations to front spring stress figures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\4\ scan0102 | |
| Date | 8th January 1936 | |
| <246 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.7/JH. 8th January 1936 Messrs THOs. Firth & John Brown Ltd., Spring Dept., Tinsley, Sheffield,1. For the attention of Mr Porter. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 3rd instant together with your blue print No1 174. We have altered the figure for max bump stress of the front springs to 53.7 instead of 46.2 tons sq.in. We shall next be anxious to see the springs. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS ROYCE LTD+ | ||