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 from British Insulated Cables Ltd. concerning the composition and testing of high tension ignition cable samples.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\3\ img048 | |
| Date | 28th May 1937 | |
| 6110 TELEGRAMS: "LIMITED. HELSBY." TELEPHONE No 66. WORKS: PRESCOT AND HELSBY. HEAD OFFICE: PRESCOT. LANCS. TELEGRAMS: "INSULATOR. PRESCOT." TELEPHONE No 6571 PRESCOT. TEN LINES - PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE British Insulated Cables Ltd., Makers of B.I. CABLES Manufactures: ALUMINIUM. BARS & SECTIONS. BOXES. JOINT, SERVICE, NETWORK. CABLES. FOR ALL ELECTRICAL PURPOSES. COMMUTATOR BARS. COMPOUNDS. CONDENSERS. STATIC. COPPER. STRANDS & SECTIONS. FLEXIBLES. FUSE BOXES. KNIFE SWITCHES. METERS. OVERHEAD EQUIPMENT. TRAMWAY, LIGHT & POWER. PAPER PINIONS. PILLARS & KIOSKS. RAIL BONDS. VARNISHES. WELDERS. ELECTRIC. WIRE. ALUMINIUM, COPPER, COTTON COVERED, ENAMELLED, SILK COVERED, FUSE, TROLLEY. WIRING SYSTEMS. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} West, Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. HELSBY, NEAR WARRINGTON. PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMPANY AND REFER TO WJB. Your ref: RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.8/AP. 28th May, 1937. Dear Mr. West, HIGH TENSION IGNITION CABLE. I thank you for your letter of the 22nd inst., and observe that the samples submitted to Messrs. Joseph Lucas were not from any consignment received by you on or since May 7th, 1937, and also that the particular coil or coils from which the samples were taken, have been returned to us along with other coils. As we have now agreed with yourself that in future our consignments of this cable to you shall be of similar composition to that you standardised some two years ago, there perhaps will not be any further trouble. You perhaps have now had an opportunity of trying-out some of the latest consignment under your standard conditions of test, if so, we should be glad to know whether you find it behaves similarly to the cable we originally supplied to you. Could I ask you as a special favour to send on to me two or three feet of J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} & P.'s Neoprene sheathed H.T. Cable. Yours faithfully, W. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Brittain | ||