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).
New, cheaper method of producing Rocker Blocks for the Peregrine II Ignition Distributor from Bakelised Linen.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0183 | |
| Date | 29th October 1932 | |
| X6119 RECEIVED RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. BY/RD1/W.29-10-32. *Peregrine II* Ignition Distributor. 29 1932 We hand you herewith eight Rocker Blocks,D.53034. These have been produced by Mr.Brock from a sample sheet of Bakelised Linen which we obtained and which can be formed into varying shapes and moulded. This method of producing the Rocker Blocks will be very much cheaper than our present system of machining them from the solid. Will you please arrange to have these fitted to the Distributors you are building. BY/RD. | ||