Requesting the testing of five new steam hose samples following a complaint about the current radiator hose's durability.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\1\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 29th June 1914 | |
| K.R. 657. (100H) (VV.975. 1.5.14) E.P. 6536. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. ENCLOSURE No 502 TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (FOUR LINES). Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Bn {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Cn {Mr Chamberain} Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Cr {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} Mr. CHICHESTER C Mr. COWEN Cx {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DeLOOZE Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E ELLIOTT Eu EUROPE Hy {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS {Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac {Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACKINTOSH Mcr Mr. MERCER M Mr. MOON Na {Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN {Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa {Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Ro {C. C. Rose - Export Manager} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR {Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn {Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp {Mr Spinney} SPINNEY V VIENNA Wa {Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr {Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Re Steam Hose. X1347 Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Na {Mr Nadin} 10/B29614. A short time ago Mr Royce com- plained that the steam hose which we are using on our radiator lost its shape and had a very delapidated appearance in a short time. I hand you herewith 5 samples of hose marked with 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 notches at each end. I should be glad if you would kindly have this hose tested for its power to with- stand steam, and report as to which you con- sider the best, and whether any of them are superior to the one we are now using. I suggest one way of testing would be to boil them [Stamp text]: JUN 29 1914 [Signature]: Na. {Mr Nadin} [Signature]: Mr Mercer Enc. 5 samples. [Handwritten note]: attend to this please Wbr 30/6/14 This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||
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).