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).
Letter from Griffith Brewer discussing Peter Rowland's idea for an engine designed to fit inside an aeroplane wing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\3\ scan0186 | |
| Date | 1st December 1938 | |
| [Top left handwritten note]: Confidential TELEPHONE: FLINT 3204. STATION: FLINT, L.M.S. [Top center, blue ink]: 1247. CORNIST HALL, FLINT, NORTH WALES. Dec. 1st 1938 Dear Arthur, Peter Rowland, whom you probably remember (he lives near Dick) sent me this sketch & description. He asked me to put it up to you as he feels there must be a snag in the idea but we can neither of us see where it is. Such an engine would fit snug into an aeroplane wing & would be invisible & would offer no wind resistance being within the wing form. Is there anything in the idea. Can Peter expect to make his fortune out of it?! Yours. ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}, [Signature] Griffith Brewer | ||