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 Geo. Salter & Co. confirming instructions for making springs from Silico Manganese Steel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 15th January 1936 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1760 SALTER SPRINGS * ROLLER BEARINGS WEIGHING MACHINES * IRONMONGERY SPRING BALANCES * GAUGES TESTING MACHINES * IRON CASTINGS AUTOMATIC MACHINES * TYPEWRITERS LONDON : 50 LIME STREET, E.C.3. 'PHONE : MANSION HOUSE 5103 'GRAMS : SPRINGBALANCE, STOCK, LONDON. MANCHESTER: CHRONICLE BUILDINGS CORPORATION STREET 'PHONE : BLACKFRIARS 9735 GEO. SALTER & CO. LTD., WEST BROMWICH 'PHONE : WEST BROMWICH 0666 (4 lines). 'GRAMS : SALTERS, WEST BROMWICH OUR REF. FS{F. Steele}/PK. YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.20/KW. Exptl. Dept. 15th January, 1936. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 14th instant and note your instructions. We will definitely adhere to your instructions, making the springs from Silico Manganese Steel, the bars being ground all over before coiling. We are pleased to hear that the results you have obtained agree with our own results, for we ourselves have made exhaustive tests over a long period. Assuring you always of every possible attention, we remain, Yours faithfully, FOR GEO. SALTER & CO. LTD. Purchasers of MANUFACTURES of GEO. SALTER & CO. LTD., are requested to notice that they guarantee their efficiency so far as that they will replace any portions that can, in a reasonable time be shown to have failed through defective material or workmanship, but will not be responsible for any damages, direct or contingent, arising from such failure. In case of the occurrence of any strike of workmen, fire, breakdown of machinery, defective castings, or other unforeseen cause of delay the time fixed for completion of the contract shall be enlarged accordingly. All weights, measurements and powers given in estimate are stated as correctly as possible, and any trifling deviations shall not be taken to violate the Contract. Should any dispute arise on this Contract, same to be subject to arbitration. | ||