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 confirming the dispatch of two spare pistons and requesting the return of a cracked piston for examination.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\2\ scan0303 | |
| Date | 26th November 1934 | |
| x236 TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 0871 (6 LINES). CODES: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND AIR MINISTRY LISTS. THE LIGHT PRODUCTION CO. LTD PROPRIETORS OF THE LONDON PISTON RING CO. LIMITED. CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR: M.V. ROBERTS. DIRECTORS: C.E. GEORGE, WM. THIRTLE. ENGINEERS TELEGRAMS: INLAND; NAPOLEONIC, SOWEST, LONDON. FOREIGN; NAPOLEONIC, LONDON. 60/66, ROCHESTER ROW, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1 WORKS AND GOODS ADDRESS: 61/67, GREENCOAT PLACE, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1. OUR REF. CHB/IR YOUR REF. 26th November 1934. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Dept., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of W.A.Robotham Esq. We have to acknowledge receipt of your telegram of Saturday last and also would confirm the subsequent telephone conversation, when it was arranged that we should post you to-day two spare pistons to E.84546, in response to your request. Accordingly, these are going forward to you to-day and we trust they will reach you safely and in good condition. In the meantime, we trust you will return to us the piston reported cracked, as we are extremely anxious to determine whether this is a mechanical or metallurgical defect. Yours faithfully, pp THE LIGHT PRODUCTION CO.LTD. C.H.P. Brooks GENERAL MANAGER. | ||