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 obtain an old water pump and despatch it to Messrs. Lockwood & Co. for testing their metallic packing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0156 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1937 | |
| 1269 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.10/MH.{M. Huckerby}3.11.37. Will you please obtain an old water pump - any type will do - and having made sure that it is in reasonably good condition, despatch it to Messrs. Lockwood & Co. (Plasco) Ltd., marking it for the attention of Mr.Openshaw. This isbeing sent to them in order that they may carry out some tests using their "Plasco" metallic packing. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||