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 H.M. Hobson Ltd. requesting a specific fuel tank gauge for a new oval section tank, with details on calibration and appearance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\4\ Scan110 | |
| Date | 27th April 1927 | |
| X4306 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rml/LG. Expl: Dept: 27th. April 1927. Messrs. H.M.Hobson Ltd., 29-31 Vauxhall Bridge Rd., London S.W.1. Dear Sirs, In our letter of Mar.11th. we asked you to supply a complete tank unit to Mr. Day. CamachaHenry Royce's office in West Wittering, West WitteringHenry Royce's home town. What we require at present is a complete gauge suitable for the latest type tank, oval section, which your Mr. Moss calibrated for both litres and gallons, last week. The tank unit should be arranged so that it reads from zero i.e. we are fitting a sump to the tank to contain the bottom of the unit. If you are satisfied that the tank unit which we have in our Stores is O.K., we only require a dashboard unit, otherwise we should like a complete instrument. We urgently require the gauge; the dash unit should be black with engraving in silver. Yours faithfully, | ||