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 Ransome & Marles Bearing Co. Ltd. confirming a telephone order for steering rollers with a modified width.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0345 | |
| Date | 23th September 1936 | |
| Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}18/KW. 23rd September,1936. Messrs. Ransome & Marles Bearing Co.Ltd., Newark-on-Trent. For the attention of F.O. Hicking, Esq. Dear Sirs, We are writing to confirm our telephone conversation of the 21st inst. with your Mr. Hickling, during which we asked you to make for us three steering rollers to your X.2737A Part 2, except that the overall width over the two inner races should be 0.050 greater than shown. Our Order Office will send you an official order for the above very shortly. We should be glad if you would send us an estimate for the cost of these parts in sets of 200. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||