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 an urgent modification to a ball end and pad to address seizure complaints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\3\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 28th November 1928 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8425 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG28.11.28. X7425 Will you please make us a ball end and pad G.73960 modified as per attached sketch. All the drilled holes should be 1/15" dia. This matter is urgent to deal with complaints of seizure of these ball ends. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||