Letter from Rotherham & Sons regarding a patent application for a lubrication device intended to compete with the 'Alemite' system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\5\ Scan081 | |
| Date | 9th February 1921 | |
| Copy of letter received from:- Rotherham & Sons, Coventry. 9.2.21 Please reply to Engineering Dept.HNS/NGB Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Rd., Derby. Dear Sirs. Ref. Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} /Ms14/FJ8.2.21 In answer to yours of the 8th.inst. We have applied for a Patent on a device which is intended to compete with the "Alemite" system of lubrication. Our experiments seem to be successful and we hope shortly to be able to send you a sample for inspection. We hope, therefore that you will be able to wait a week or two before definitely placing your orders elsewhere. Yours faithfully. ROTHERHAM & SONS LTD., (Sgd) H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Nelson Smith. Engineering Department. | ||
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).