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 Zenith Carburetter Co. Ltd regarding brass turnings found in a pump piston.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 20th May 1938 | |
| The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR PHONE, LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5th EDITION. HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION ALSO AT LYONS, PARIS, DETROIT, TURIN, BERLIN. TELEPHONE: WORDSWORTH 2213 20th May 1938. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY Your ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}6/JH Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 17th instant, reference as above, and also for the sample of brass turnings that were found in the pump piston. We are absolutely unable to account for the presence of this, because after examining every pump part we have in stock, even those raw, we have not been able to find any similar swarf. We are therefore unable to explain the presence of same, but if it was due to negligence on our part in the first place, we can only apologise. In view of the care we take in cleaning the parts after each operation and the fact that the carburetters are assembled a long way from the machine shop, we are afraid we cannot offer any other explanation. We thank you nevertheless for having drawn our ..... | ||