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).
Unofficial enquiries into a licence for Pratt & Whitney to manufacture engines in England.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\3\ img157 | |
| Date | 30th April 1934 | |
| To Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}; from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 115A Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW.30.4.34. With reference to the attached, Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} asked me on the 'phone whether Pratt & Whitneys had issued a licence for the manufacture of their engines in England. I made some unofficial enquiries from my various friends at Pratt & Whitneys, and this appears to be the result. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||