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).
Internal order for one complete Hobson petrol gauge for a patch instrument board.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\4\ Scan199 | |
| Date | 6th June 1929 | |
| ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X4038 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG3. 6. 29. Will you please order for us - 1 Hobson petrol gauge complete for the patch instrument board to KS.175.P. We require the complete instrument, the head of the gauge should be to F.8102o and the mask to be black lettering on a cream back-ground to match the previous instruments that we have had of this type. It is for the revised patch instrument boards. The gauge is for chassis 16-G4. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||