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).
Urgent request for the Millwrights Department to fit a pulley and belt to a Valve Spring Rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\6\ Scan283 | |
| Date | 13th July 1934 | |
| Millwrights Dept. from EJJ/JV. c to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. Exp. Dept. X 7060 EJJ/JV19/JC16. 7. 34 Re Valve Spring Rig, Exp. Department Tomb. Experimental request Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.9/KW.13.7.34. Order No. 815. The Experimental Department have set up a Valve Spring Rig in the Tomb, and they require it to be driven from an existing countershaft by means of a belt. Will you please arrange for a pulley to be fitted to the countershaft, and the necessary belting rigged up. Please treat this matter as urgent. EJJ/JV | ||