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 borrow 20 HP crankshafts from the machining bay for experimental tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\1\ 01-page084 | |
| Date | 21th November 1927 | |
| To Sft.{Mr Swift} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X5010 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG21.11.27. Y634 We wish to utilise 20 HP. crankshafts in various stages of machining for some experimental tests. The shafts will in no way be damaged. We shall only require one at once, the test on each shaft will take about two days. Could you please arrange with the foreman over the machining bay that we may borrow the shafts as required? The series of tests will take about a fortnight. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||