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 memo concerning an incorrectly sized propeller shaft received from a supplier, Hardy Spicer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0027 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1933 | |
| To G/Mt. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} XJ84 c. to D/BP. c. to Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}13/KT.3.7.33. Messrs Hardy Spicer have sent us a propeller shaft in which they have made a mistake in the length. Will you please return the drive immediately to them by passenger train when they will rectify their error. The matter is urgent as we have a car waiting for this shaft. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||