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).
Experimental blueprint N.Scheme 2027 for a new instrument board arrangement for the 7-Ex. and 'X' Series.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\7\ Scan011 | |
| Date | 7th August 1925 | |
| X8530 BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY18/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 7.8.25. ARRANGEMENT OF INSTRUMENT BOARD. N.SCHEME 2027. 7-EX. and "X" SERIES. ----------------------------------------------- Herewith please receive blueprint of N.Scheme 2027, representing the new arrangement of instrument board. The system of shutter controls corresponding to this is N.Scheme 2035, which has been handed to BY/SS{S. Smith} for detailing. Will you kindly issue this experimentally, but please note that the reference to the use of this scheme for "X" Series is not to be taken officially. Material has already been ordered for "X" Series, and cannot be displaced until the new proposals have been through the Experimental Dept. and agreed to. By BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||