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 H.M. Hobson, Ltd. regarding a discrepancy with a Telegage unit for a 20 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\2\ Scan045 | |
| Date | 14th February 1927 | |
| CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND TO THE DOMINION & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FIRM, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. Y4058 TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 4670. (4 Lines.) TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON." H.M. HOBSON, LTD. MANUFACTURERS OF :- Hobson K-S Petrol Telegage AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. WORKS: LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. 29 & 31, VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. 14th February, 1927. OUR REF. BAD/AML YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, Derby. For attention of Mr. Robotham. Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., for which we beg to thank you. Regarding the Telegage unit for the 20 H.P. car, we are going ahead preparing this for you. The dash unit will be precisely the same as the one submitted to your Sales Department and approved by them, but there is just one point we note on the drawing and that is that the calibration markings do not appear to be the same as those which we obtained from the tank fitted to our Major Searight's 20 H.P. Rolls Royce Saloon. We should like to know whether this is a difference between the two tanks; if not, where the actual discrepancy has arisen. We may say that we very carefully calibrated Major Searight's tank three times, and we are practically | ||