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 Light Production Co. Ltd. regarding a meeting, piston EW.2121, and alloy Aerolite 122.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\1\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 8th March 1939 | |
| TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 0671 (5 LINES). CODES: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND AIR MINISTRY LISTS. THE LIGHT PRODUCTION CO. LTD PROPRIETORS OF THE LONDON PISTON RING CO. LIMITED. CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR: M.M. ROBERTS. DIRECTORS: E.G. DAVIES. WM. THIRTLE. ENGINEERS TELEGRAMS: INLAND, NAPOLEONIC, SOWEST, LONDON. FOREIGN, NAPOLEONIC, LONDON. 60/66, ROCHESTER ROW, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1 WORKS AND GOODS ADDRESS: 61/67, GREENCOAT PLACE, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1. OUR REF. CHB/DP 8th March, 1939. YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}2/MH{M. Huckerby} Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. C.T. Salt. In reply to your communication of the 7th instant, we note you cannot arrange to visit us on Friday next and suggest Friday 17th instant. This will be alright as far as we are concerned and the writer will accordingly reserve that day for you. With regard to the best way to reach our Works, you do not say if you propose to come by road or rail. Probably the best way to deal with this, would be for the writer to telephone you tomorrow morning about 11 a.m. when the matter could be discussed. If you could not be available then perhaps you would be good enough to leave a message. With reference to Piston EW.2121, you will now be in receipt of our communication giving you a delivery promise, but there is a point on which we would like your decision right away. Your Chassis Cost Engineer Mr. Leslie, has asked us to quote for production quantities of this Piston to be made in the Alloy which we normally use for our general Piston production, namely Aerolite 122. Mr. Rowbotham will remember that this is the alloy in which we supplied very early sets of Handwritten text: Top of page: 1256, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Left side: file Center: A.P. 404 Center, in red: C.T.S - DONT RECOMMEND WE SHOULD CHANGE ALLOY. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||