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 Muirhead & Co. offering a bitumastic compound to solve a sealing problem.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\3\ img140 | |
| Date | 21th January 1939 | |
| Insulation 6110 664 MUIRHEAD & CO., LTD. TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. TELEPHONE: BECKENHAM 0041, 0042. ELMERS END, BECKENHAM, KENT. TELEGRAMS & CABLES: MUIRHEADS, ELMERS-END 4/LB. 21st January, 1939 Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. A.W. Child, Experimental Department. Dear Sirs, We understand from Mr.Payne-Gallwey of Messrs. Erie Resistors Ltd. that you are faced with a sealing problem which may be solved by the use of one of our compounds. For our own purposes we have developed a number of bitumastic compounds and while it is not our usual custom to supply these, we shall be pleased to consider the matter if it is likely to be of assistance to you. Should you desire to proceed further in the matter you will no doubt send us full details of the problem involved. Yours faithfully, MUIRHEAD & CO.LTD. Managing Director. | ||