This book is probably the best insight ever printed into the thought processes of a great designer. It is a compilation of the memos sent at the start of WWI by Frederick Henry Royce from the south coast of England to the Derby works. They cover the inception, design and development of the Eagle engine with passing mentions of what became the Hawk and the Falcon. It is important not just for the insight it gives into Royce's thinking, but because it adds to our understanding of design and production methods at a time when hand fettling was slowly giving way to batch, if not mass, production. It also shows a more sympathetic and broadminded Royce than the hire and fire autocrat of legend.
The book is often, if improperly, called the Rolls-Royce bible. If that great Company has one failing, it's a tendency to be pompous. The cover bears the intimidating instruction:
CONFIDENTIAL
The Property of Rolls-Royce, Limited
Not to be shown to anyone without the
authority of the Directors
Offered in very good original condition - A very important piece of Rolls-Royce literature.
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