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).
Requesting the weight of a 25/30 HP forged connecting rod before committing to the production of sinking dies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\2\ scan0190 | |
| Date | 13th January 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 514 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.19/KW.13.1.36. 25/30 HP. Forged Connecting Rod LeC.4888-4903. This rod has now been detailed on drawing Nos.E.60811/2. We think it is important that we should know the weight of this rod before committing ourselves by sinking dies. Will you please therefore machine us a rod, so that we can get this figure. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||