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 to Wellworthy Piston Rings Ltd. regarding a proposal to test their Simplex rings on a Rolls-Royce engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\3\ scan0131 | |
| Date | 28th July 1936 | |
| X1256 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KW. 28th July, 1936. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Howlett Esq., Messrs. Wellworthy Piston Rings Ltd., Lymington, Hants. Dear Mr. Howlett, We are interested in your letter of July 24th, in which you point out that the Daimler Co. fitted Simplex rings as original equipment. With a view to trying these rings out we are proposing to take an oil consumption on one of our engines and then send you the pistons for conversion to Simplex, afterwards repeating the oil consumption. We shall then have a direct comparison of the value of these rings. Yours sincerely, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||