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 to Bakelite Ltd. requesting a price for gear blanks following trials.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0246 | |
Date | 25th October 1937 | |
1/2'5 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}10/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 25th October, 1937. Messrs. Bakelite Ltd., 68, Victoria Street, LONDON. S.W.1. (For the attention of A.W. Sherwood, Esq.) Dear Sirs, You recently sent us three gear blanks in each of your materials F.294/1 and F.292/3 for trial purposes. We have not yet completed our tests so cannot give you any results, but we should be glad if you would let us know the price of these blanks in lots of 200, in the event of our wishing to standardise this material. Yours faithfully, For ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||