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 Messrs. H.J. Townsend & Son requesting samples of cork core plywood for floorboards.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\3\ scan0061 | |
| Date | 9th October 1936 | |
| Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}3/KW. 9th October, 1936. Messrs. H.J. Townsend & Son, Ethelburga House, 91/93, Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2. Dear Sirs, We should be pleased to try out a sample of your cork core plywood for floorboards. The size of sheets we require are :- 3 pieces 36" x 12" x 3/4". 3 " 23" x 14" x 3/4". 1 " 40" x 14" x 3/4". We should like the plywood centre overall thickness to be 3/4", plywood thickness of 1/8", grain to run lengthwise. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||