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 G. Cussons Ltd. regarding a delay in a scheme for an indicator rig and requesting a sketch of a Mercedes-Gotha Biplane Engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\3\ scan0064 | |
| Date | 26th November 1917 | |
| X. 3181 G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} CUSSONS, Ltd., The Technical Works, LOWER BROUGHTON MANCHESTER, Telephone : 6991 City, Manchester. :: LONDON OFFICE and SHOWROOM :: Thanet House - 231 Strand (opposite the Law Courts). Manufacturers of Technical and Scientific Apparatus. GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED ESTABLISHMENT. MUNITIONS OF WAR ACT. 1915. [STAMP: RECEIVED 27 NOV 1917] [STAMP: P] 26th. Nov. 1917. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. [STAMP: RECEIVED 27 NOV '17] EFC1/T241117. [Handwritten note in margin: Mr. Clarke] Dear Sirs, We are obliged by your letter of the 24th and beg to say the delay in sending you a scheme for indicator rig is due to extreme urgency of other work. Please send us a rough sketch of the general arrangement of the Mercedes-Gotha Biplane Engine, giving overall dimensions, main centres, inclination of cylinders, etc. so that we can arrange if possible for the rig to suit two purposes by a little consideration. On receipt of your reply the matter will be put in hand without delay. Yours faithfully, G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Cussons, Ltd., [Signature: Geo W Cussons] AWARDED GOLD MEDALS, and GRAND PRIX for TECHNICAL APPARATUS for SCHOOLS and COLLEGES. | ||