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 The Robinhood Engineering Works regarding the testing and ordering of K.L.G. sparking plugs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\3\ Scan108 | |
| Date | 14th August 1928 | |
| X/9/8 R. {Sir Henry Royce} PHONE: PUTNEY 2132 & 2133. TELEGRAMS: "KAELGEE, PHONE, LONDON." CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. CODES USED { A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. WESTERN UNION. THE ROBINHOOD ENGINEERING WORKS, LIMITED. MAKERS OF JIGS AND PRECISION TOOLS SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF K.L.G. SPARKING PLUGS PUTNEY VALE, LONDON, S.W.15. IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE REFER TO GEN.SALES DEPT AND QUOTE REFERENCE. LMB/MEN 14th August, 1928. Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, Derby. Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to note from your letter of the 13th August ref. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG that the set of 550 plugs which we sent you for test recently are giving satisfactory results up to the present. We note that you are ordering 72 more of these plugs from us with a view to further test and are putting them in hand at once. Our Experimental Department is working at very high pressure at the moment and it may be a week or so before we can get the plugs to you, but we will do everything possible to expedite them. Yours faithfully, p.p. THE ROBINHOOD ENGINEERING WORKS, LIMITED. (L.S.M. Braund). Director. | ||