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 order two cork washers with specific dimensions for the Phantom slipper wheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\4\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 1st June 1928 | |
| To Roy {Sir Henry Royce} /Ms. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X8300 Hsl/LGS.6.28. X3855 We wish to try cork washers for the damping effect in the Phantom slipper wheel. Will you please therefore order for us 2 washers made of cork to the following dias. Outside dia. 7.800" Inside dia. 6.125" Thickness .030" } E.70792. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||