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 different cast-iron servo linings for 25 HP servo tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\4\ scan0141 | |
| Date | 17th July 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 5370 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}18/KW.17.7.34. 25 HP. Servo Tests. We wish to try some servo linings of cast-iron. Will you please supply us with 4 linings to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1462 in the standard cast-iron, Spec.212A, and 4 linings to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1462 in cast iron spec. 249. The latter material is the iron used for the old Silver Ghost brake shoes. The above are wanted as soon as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||