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 C. C. Wakefield & Co. regarding a query on oil viscosity.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\1\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 27th November 1933 | |
| X1588. BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS "CASTROL" MOTOR OILS. BY APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES C. C. Wakefield & Co., Limited. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CLASS LUBRICANTS. GOVERNING DIRECTOR, LORD WAKEFIELD. MANAGING DIRECTOR, W.R.GRAHAM. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY, J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} BROWNE. TELEGRAMS: "CHEERY, CENT, LONDON." TELEPHONES: CENTRAL 3089(10 LINES.) CODES: A.B.C. 5TH. EDITION. PREMIER, BENTLEY'S, AND BROOMHALL. WORKS: REGENT STREET, LIVERPOOL. AND HAYES, MIDDLESEX. [Text from logos, left column from top to bottom:] NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN SBAC THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTORS THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD SCOTTISH MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION FBI BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. HOME. ABERDEEN BELFAST BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL CARDIFF CORK DUBLIN GLASGOW LEEDS LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE NOTTINGHAM SOUTHAMPTON ABROAD. ADELAIDE AUCKLAND BANGKOK BERLIN BOMBAY BRISBANE BRUSSELS BUCHAREST BUENOS AIRES CALCUTTA CAPE TOWN CHRISTCHURCH COLOGNE COLOMBO COPENHAGEN DUNEDIN DURBAN GENEVA HONG-KONG JOHANNESBURG KARACHI LISBON LYTTLETON MADRAS MALTA MELBOURNE MILAN MONTEVIDEO MONTREAL NEW YORK PARIS PENANG PERTH. W.A. PRAGUE RANGOON RIO DE JANEIRO SANTOS SINGAPORE SOURABAYA STOCKHOLM SYDNEY TORONTO VALPARAISO VANCOUVER VIENNA WELLINGTON ZURICH Wakefield House, 30 & 32, Cheapside, London, E.C.2. PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF.: CJC/RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} YOUR REF.: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}4/KT 27th November, 1933. [Handwritten pencil over recipient address:] LID{A. J. Lidsey}/RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, DERBY. Dear Sirs, re Oil Viscosity. We thank you for your letter of the 25th instant in connection with the above matter, and we hope to let you have the information you are requiring in the course of the next day or so. Assuring you of our services, We are, Yours faithfully, C. C. WAKEFIELD & CO. LIMITED. [Signature] Managing Director. [Faint red diagonal text overlay:] BRITISH A.I.D. FORMAL | ||