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 for the supply of specific Alpe Couplings with various thicknesses.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\3\ scan0021 | |
| Date | 4th June 1928 | |
| Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Y3435 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG4.6.28. Will you please obtain for us the following Alpe Couplings :- Disc dia. 4¾". 2 off .5" thick. 2 " .75" " 2 " 1.00" " No drilling of any sort - the flexibility to be of the same order as the attached model but preferably with slightly more canvas therein. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||