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).
Request to purchase a micrometer for measuring parallel round cylinder bores.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\2\ scan0075 | |
| Date | 20th January 1937 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} bx 1163 [Stamp: H.S. REC'D JAN 22 1937] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}14/R.20.1.37. PARALLEL ROUND CYLINDER BORES. We want to be independent of inspectors for the intensive cylinder bore work we are doing at present, and with your agreement should like to purchase the micrometer indicated on the attached pamphlet. Agreed Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||