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 British Timken Limited to W. Hives Esq. of Rolls-Royce's Experimental Department regarding the application of Timken Roller Bearings to front wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\7\ Scan036 | |
| Date | 1st February 1921 | |
| X.4282 TIMKEN BEARING HOME AGENCY DEPARTMENT ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY WORKS: WARD END, BIRMINGHAM. CODES: WESTERN UNION. A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. BENTLEYS AND LIEBERS 5 LETTER. TELEPHONE: EAST-960 Central 249. TELEGRAMS: BRITIMKEN, BIRMINGHAM Head Office: WARD END, BIRMINGHAM. BRITISH TIMKEN LIMITED, MANUFACTURERS OF TIMKEN ROLLER BEARINGS. IN REPLYING PLEASE REFER TO RFH/LM. YOUR REFERENCE Enclosures. Phoenix Chambers, Colmore Row, Birmingham. 1.February 1921. W.Hives. Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. (Experimental Department). Osmaston, Derby. Dear Sir, Timken Roller Bearings. We should be greatly obliged if you would give us an appointment, so that our Representative Engineer Mr. R.F.Hall might have the pleasure of an interview with you in connection with the application of Timken Bearings to your Front Wheels. If we could have the opportunity of studying your blue prints, we believe we could show you an alternative arrangement which, if carried out according to our recommendations, we should be pleased to guarantee for two years, and incidentally the adoption of our bearings would not only be more economical than your present arrangement, but would have a longer life, and give greater efficiency in working. Thanking you in anticipation of your kind reply, We are, Yours faithfully, British Timken Limited. R.F.Hall Representative Engineer. | ||