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 discussing the return of five damaged plates, their runout, balance, and a request for a new facing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 129\1\ scan0242 | |
| Date | 12th August 1937 | |
| -2- 12.8.37. We have trued up five of these plates to less than .010 runout, but one we are returning to you as facing is bruized and cracked, either in transit or in subsequent handling. Will you kindly fit a new facing and charge us with same. Two of the plates were .250 inch/ounce out of balance. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-R YCE LTD. | ||