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 H.M. Hobson Ltd. discussing design points and test rigs for a supplied unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\3\ scan0085 | |
| Date | 13th August 1930 | |
| X4038 CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND TO THE DOMINION & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FIRM, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. TELEPHONE: CHISWICK 4231. (4 LINES.) TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON." MANUFACTURERS OF: Hobson KS Petrol Telegage AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. WORKS: LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. H.M. HOBSON, LTD. (ESTABLISHED 1903) 47-55, ACTON VALE, LONDON, W. 3. OUR REF. TPS/MW YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/AD 13th August 1930. Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. For attention of W.A.Robotham, Esq., Dear Sirs, We beg to thank you for your letter of the 12th inst., We had understood that your works would be closed for the holiday period, and were not expecting a reply of any sort before this date. We much appreciate the fact that you are pleased with the type of unit which we have produced, and we have enumerated the various points in design which would require consideration in this installation. Some of these points you will realise are not absolutely essential, such as placing the unit forward in the tank, but would be beneficial if they could be observed on a re-design. We have intact the test rig which was used for the venting and pressure test, and should you decide to go | ||