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).
The correspondence history regarding a design for non-scratching bonnet clips.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\1\ Scan063 | |
| Date | 26th January 1914 | |
| R.R. (130 R) (V.V. 430. 26.1.14) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 0299. Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcr21/M19214. Handwritten text top right: X114-0 Handwritten text left margin: X GQL Bonnet Clips. Design not to scratch frame strips. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} In your memo E18/T16214, you ask for fuller information about the above, to be sent at the earliest possible moment. We would like to remind you that on 1/5/13 we sent you particulars and a sketch of this device. On 20/8/13 we sent you a second copy of the sketch and particulars, adding that Mr Platford approved of the idea, and thought it was worth while making a set to try. On 26/8/13 we sent you a third copy of the sketch and particulars, stating that Mr Johnson wished a sample set to be made. On 31/12/13 we sent you a fourth copy, at your request, of the sketch and particulars, and we now attach a fifth copy as requested. p.Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Handwritten text bottom: Signed by Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||