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 fine wire from Messrs. Frank Smith & Co. for use in S.U. carburetter air silencers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\4\ Scan292 | |
| Date | 20th May 1932 | |
| X3035 O.O. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/MA.20.5.32. Will you please order for us from Messrs. Frank Smith & Co. (Elland) Ltd., Huddersfield Road, Elland, Yorks., 1 lb. of fine wire used in their air silencers fitted to the S.U. carburetter, as per attached sample. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||