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 machining of Dural connecting rods and the deletion of shims.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\3\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 26th February 1934 | |
| X214 To By/SS.{S. Smith} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}7/KW.26.2.34. Re. Dural Connecting Rods to LeC.3682. Will you please look to see whether the Dural Rods to LeC.3682 will stand machining when the .100" for shims is deleted. We are not going to have shims. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||