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).
Short memo discussing a small part of a 5-ton pulley block and questioning the material used.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0041 | |
| Date | 13th December 1934 | |
| To EJJ/JV. x3269 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}5/KW.13.12.34. Herewith a small part of the 5-ton pulley block kindly supplied for our use. We hope the rest is not made of the same material, but if so it might account for the enormous size of the tackle. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||