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).
Internal request to order Venus pencils with rubbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\4\ Scan286 | |
| Date | 20th April 1932 | |
| To O.O. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Y3035. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}13/MJ.20.4.32. Will you please order for us - One dozen Venus pencils 'H', and One dozen 'H.B', with rubbers at the end. We understand that these people make such a pencil. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||