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).
Instructing a change to all future Bentley drilled rods to a new, lighter specification (Hs.1539).
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\3\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 11th October 1934 | |
| x214 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth:17/KW.11.10.34. Bentley Drilled up Rod - Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1539. ------------------------------ We have saved about .025 lbs. by lightening the rod, and since the lighter section appears to be a practical proposition, we should like you to make all future Bentley drilled rods to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1539. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||