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 R. Summers of John Summers & Sons Ltd. inquiring about a seized piston.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\1\ scan0086 | |
| Date | 27th August 1934 | |
| 17961 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/KW. 27th August, 1934. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Summers, Esq., Messrs. John Summers & Sons Ltd., Hawarden Bridge Steel Works, Shotton, Chester. Dear Dick, I have just returned from my holiday and was greeted by your letter of the 17th August. I understand from the Repair Dept. that they have removed the seized piston from your engine and thatyou are once more happy. I shall be very interested to have any information you can give me as to how the piston seizure occurred, and as to whether you can reproduce the trouble. Yours sincerely, | ||