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).
License from Pratt & Whitney for engine manufacture in England.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\3\ img161 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1934 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}; Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}13/KW.3.5.34; With reference to the attached, when in America Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} asked me on the 'phone whether Pratt and Whitneys had issued a licence for the manufacture of their engines in England. I made some enquiries from Mr. Hobbs at Pratt & Whitneys, and found that they had no licence in England. Apparently they are following the matter up. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||