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 Price's Patent Candle Company regarding a suitable oil for a hydraulic shock absorber.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0153 | |
| Date | 27th May 1926 | |
| 502 All communications to be addressed to the Company. X967 Price's Patent Candle Company Limited. Battersea. London, S.W.11. OIL MERCHANTS, REFINERS & DISTILLERS. Contractors to H.M. Government for all Oils. TELEGRAPHIC INLAND: BELMONT, BATT, LONDON. ADDRESSES: FOREIGN & COLONIAL: BELMONT, LONDON. CODES: A.1., A.B.C. (4TH 5TH & 6TH) MARCONI & LIEBER'S. TELEPHONE: BATTERSEA 2000 (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE) JWGB/MCM. Branches at LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CARDIFF. ABERDEEN. MANCHESTER. IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE LM/B 27th May 1926 ALL QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITHOUT ENGAGEMENT. Messrs Rolls Royce Limited, D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, Your reference:- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG. With reference to your favour of the 20th instant and our acknowledgement of the 21st, we now have our Chemists' suggestions as to an oil suitable for use in an hydraulic shock absorber. Our Dashpot Oil S/O 514-B should give you every satisfaction and we have pleasure in attaching a sheet giving figures for viscosity and other characteristics. We attach also M/S note of special quotation to your goodselves, and assuring you of our attention, We are Yours truly, PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY LIMITED J W Booker Enclosures. Table of Figures. M/S Note NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN | ||