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 regarding a new design for an Autothermic Piston to replace design E.60632.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\3\ scan0205 | |
| Date | 18th February 1937 | |
| Files 1286 THE BIRMINGHAM ALUMINIUM CASTING (1903) COMPANY LTD. BIRMID WORKS SMETHWICK BIRMINGHAM Telephone: SMETHWICK 1213-6 Telegrams: 'BIRMAL, SMETHWICK' MTHS{Reg Matthews} OUR REFERENCE APF/MOT. PISTON.B. YOUR REFERENCE Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}17/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} February 18th 1937. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Dept., DERBY. Dear Sirs, With further reference to your letter of the 3rd., we regret that it has taken a little longer than normal to get our design finished, but we now have pleasure in forwarding for your approval the general design of an Autothermic Piston to replace your design E.60632. Should there be any points in connection with this design which you would like to raise, we shall be pleased to deal with them on receipt of information. In the meantime we are going into our costs and will let you have our quotation based on the quantity mentioned in the course of a post or two. Yours faithfully, FOR THE BIRMINGHAM ALUMINIUM CASTING (1903) CO LTD. [Signature] MANAGER, PISTON DEPT. LONDON OFFICE: ABFORD HOUSE, WILTON ROAD, S.W.1. Telephone Victoria 1620. | ||