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).
Requesting the fitting of a modified water pump coupling disc to a B.24 engine unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 5th July 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. 1269 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.16/AP.5.7.37 We hand you herewith one water pump coupling disc to E.53983 but modified by Messrs Hardy Spicer to give greater strength and resistance to disintegration caused by oil etc. Will you please fit this coupling to B.24. engine unit for O.B.1V. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||