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 S. Smith & Sons Ltd. chasing the delivery date for a sump unit and a large dashboard gauge.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan217 | |
| Date | 19th May 1936 | |
| Y262 Exptl. Dept. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/APM.1/JH. 19th May, 1936. Your ref. E.2. Messrs. S. Smith & Sons (M.A.) Ltd., Cricklewood Works, London.N.W.2. Dear Sirs, Will you please inform us by return, when the sump unit shown on the first of your drawings Y.47142 (the unit with bevel gears) will be ready, complete with cork float of increased size as asked for in our recent letter HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/APM.1/JH. (undated), and also the special large(82 m.m.) dash board gauge. We particularly want these units by the end of this week: you will note that in our HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/APM.16/KW of 8th May, we asked for them by 22nd May. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||