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).
Cover letter from Hardy Spicer & Co. for drawing 35/0375 showing the layout of an original Propeller Shaft supplied for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0047 | |
| Date | 17th December 1935 | |
| LES.{Ivan A. Leslie} ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. Telegrams & Cables: "AUTOJOINTS, BIRMINGHAM" Code: BENTLEY'S PHRAZE. THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS +237 Telephone: BIRCHFIELDS 4504/8 (5 LINES). Hardy Spicer & Co. Limited. Registered Offices and Works: Birch Road, Witton, Birmingham, 6. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE SPICER UNIVERSAL JOINTS & PROPELLER SHAFTS. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE HARDY FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS & PROPELLER SHAFTS. Manufacturers & Patentees of THE BRITISH BOUND BROOK OIL-LESS BEARINGS. Manufacturers & Patentees of COMPO OIL RETAINING BEARINGS. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF MANUFACTURERS INCORPORATED Our Reference TFG/MH.{M. Huckerby} Your Reference Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW. December 17th.1935. Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 12th instant, and we are enclosing a drawing 35/0375 showing the layout of the original Propeller Shaft which we supplied to you for test. The lightening of this Shaft was effected in the two stub ends which are inserted into the tube, and are indicated upon the drawing. Yours faithfully, p.p.Hardy Spicer & Co.,Ltd., J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Queen Chief Draughtsman. | ||