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 a supplier discussing the feasibility and cost of increasing the thickness of ebonite separators.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\5\ Scan007 | |
| Date | 1st May 1925 | |
| X. 4655 P. Works, Dagenham Dock, Essex TELEPHONE VICTORIA 3667. 4 LINES. PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE. TELEGRAMS CONCENTRATION, SOWEST, LONDON. Manufacturers of P & R Accumulators. Established 1889. PETO & RADFORD Proprietors ~ Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company Ltd. 50 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, S.W.1. DIRECTORS: ARCHIBALD O. {Mr Oldham} GOLD WILLIAM PETO GRAHAM MENZIES C.R.D. PRITCHETT N. MINCHIN T. W. PRITCHETT YOUR REF OUR REF M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /5. 1st May 1925. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, In reply to yours of the 27th ult., EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 2/T, re thickness of ebonite separators, our Works are looking into this matter. The separators that you have had in the past are .4 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m thickness. Our idea was that these should be doubled in thickness, say .8 or even 1 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m. We find that we can get without much difficulty .6 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m at not very greatly increased price, which extra we would be prepared to bear but we are not at all sure whether we can get much thicker stuff and we shall probably have to get it made specially and pay a good deal more for it. We are looking into this matter but would be glad to have your observations on the question in view of the information that this letter gives you so far. Yours faithfully, PETO & RADFORD. G.R.N. Minchin | ||