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).
Relaying a telegram from Royce with instructions for modifying tappet springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\6\ Scan060 | |
| Date | 12th November 1928 | |
| To WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} } FROM HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} } X7060 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}10/LG12.11.28. The following telegrame has been received from West WitteringHenry Royce's home town :- TAPPET SPRINGS NOT AS INTENDED SHORTEN ACTUAL SPRINGS TO OPEN ENDED TYPE TO ABOUT 1.6 FREE LENGTH TO GIVE FIVE POUNDS AT REST MAXIMUM WILL BE SUFFICIENT STOP FOLLOWER SENT NOT REALLY HARD = ROYCE. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||