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).
The procurement of softer packings for experimental hydraulic shock dampers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\3\ Scan286 | |
| Date | 12th October 1926 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X235 BY/HEB{H. Biraben}15/M.12.10.26. HYDRAULIC SHOCK DAMPERS. In your memo' Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LGs.10.26. you ask us to let you have one or two softer packings, I have obtained 3 of these specially made up by Mr.Brock for Experimental use. Kindly report as regards these Packings and the Gland Springs as soon as possible, so we can instruct on Production. BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} [Stamp]: RECEIVED Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} OCT 21 1926 | ||