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 two 7-inch cylinders to be dispatched urgently by passenger train.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\1\ scan0201 | |
| Date | 17th June 1929 | |
| X3035 To ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/CEA. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG17.6.29. We require two 7" cyls. 4 ft. lin. long i.e. containing 100 cu.ft. at 120 ats. Can they send these per passenger train to day? Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||