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 order for special ignition cable from British Insulated Cables Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\2\ img290 | |
| Date | 23th March 1936 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} 86148 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.18/JH. 23.3.36. Will you please order for us from the British Insulated Cables Ltd., 300 yds. of special ignition cable with 19/.012 stainless steel conductors, Thiokol covered and black cellulose varnished to a diameter of 7 millimeters. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||