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).
Letter to Gallay Ltd. declining to test their matrix product due to inferior performance and excessive price.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0032 | |
| Date | 20th January 1938 | |
| 1280 200B H40 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.3/MH.{M. Huckerby} 20th. January 1938. Messrs.Gallay Ltd., Vulcan Works, Edgware Road, Cricklewood, London. N.W.2. For the attention of Mr.S.Peplin. Dear Sirs, Referring to your letter of 6th. January, we do not think any useful purpose would be served by submitting samples since unless your matrix has altered very considerably since the samples which we tested approximately one year to eighteen months ago, we are fully informed as to its performance, which on heat dissipation per cu.ft./matrix or per lb. of matrix basis is slightly inferior to the film block which we are using. Your price of course, is so much in excess of the film block that it puts your matrix right out of court. It is about 50% in excess of the price for which we can buy a Morris block of similar size, which we believe is your own core under another name. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||