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 produce 100 valve forgings for the EAC engine using a special steel supplied by Messrs. Firths.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\1\ scan0184 | |
| Date | 22th February 1924 | |
| BMM c. Mr Shelton. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. RMG. 49060 BY6-P22.2.24. SPECIAL VALVE STEEL. EAC: ENGINE. Would you kindly arrange to produce 100 valve forgings suitable for EAC, in the special material supplied by Messrs. Firths, that is, material to our Specification number 238. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} is particularly interested in having forgings of these completed so that he could make up some valves to run the EAC. engine with. It is important that we should not produce valves for the EAC. engine with the Quickstep type of material, that is, to Specification number 211. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||