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).
Requesting the fabrication of clutch segments and a packing ring from sintered graphite bronze for a 20/25 HP model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\1\ scan0263 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1938 | |
| 512. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}10/JH.2.9.38. 20/25 H.P. Graphite Bronze Clutch. Herewith are three strips of "sintered" graphite bronze from Vandervell Products Ltd. Please cut into 12 segments to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}554 herewith, and make a 14 S.W.G. packing ring, drilled to drawing. When ready please let me have the parts which will be fitted to 17.G.IV by Repair Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||