Letter from Rotherham & Sons regarding a patent application for a new lubrication system to compete with the 'Alemite' system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\4\ scan0262 | |
| Date | 9th February 1921 | |
| Copy of letter received from:- Rotherham & Sons, Coventry. Please reply to:- Engineering Dept. HNS/NGB. 9-2-21. Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, D E R B Y. 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.Nelson Smith. Engineering Department. [Stamp: ENCLOSURE 402 "JUSTSO"] | ||
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).