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 manufacture temporary parts to test improvements in instrument illumination using bevelled glass for the 20/25 HP Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\2\ scan0093 | |
| Date | 26th May 1932 | |
| X6135 RHO. c - Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. BY/RD2/W.26-5-32. Re :- 20/25 H.P.Chassis. - Instrument Patch - In order to test improvements in illumination by using bevelled glass, will you please put in hand the following parts :- D.53610 - Supporting Plate for Instruments. (This can be made from the standard pressing) D.53611 - Distance Piece. D.53613 - Supporting Flange (Clock Glass) D.53614 - Supporting Flange (Oil Gauge Glass) D.53615 - Supporting Flange (Ammeter and Petrol Gauge Glass) These Supporting Flanges are merely bits of sheet metal rigged up in order to temporarily support the glasses which Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. has for trial in a dark room, and it should be borne in mind that this is only just a temporary set up. Prints of the new parts herewith. BY/RD. | ||