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 place an official order with Messrs. Ley's Malleable Castings for an electric furnace melt and casting work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\4\ scan0203 | |
| Date | 4th May 1939 | |
| 1124 Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R.4.5.39. Will you please pass an official order to Messrs. Ley's Malleable Castings for the following work which they have completed for us:- Make Electric Furnace melt of 350 lbs (approximately) of metal supplied by R.R. Ley's to add alloying elements to give analysis specified in our letter of the 19th., April ref. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/Vs.{J. Vickers}1/JT., and to cast approximately 20 liners and special test bars using pattern equipment and some moulds supplied by R.R." Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||