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 The British Piston Ring Co Ltd requesting material and casting dimensions for Short Cylinder Inserts in order to calculate machining costs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\5\ scan0066 | |
| Date | 17th March 1939 | |
| CABLES A.B.C. 5TH EDITION AND MARCONI 7A 1/23 BRICO TRADE MARK TELEPHONE 8014/5/6 COVENTRY TELEGRAMS BRICO COVENTRY The BRITISH PISTON RING CO Ltd HOLBROOK LANE COVENTRY ENGLAND OUR REF Sales JHP. YOUR REF 17th March 1939 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. 70. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. C.T. Salt, Experimental Department. ------------------------------------ We confirm our conversation on the telephone yesterday in connection with Short Cylinder Inserts, which you referred to in your letter of the 10th instant, and as explained, in addition to the details of the material itself, we also require to know the casting dimensions from which the Inserts are to be machined. This, as you will appreciate, we must know before we can calculate our machining costs, and upon receipt of this information we will give the matter our careful attention. Yours faithfully, THE BRITISH PISTON RING CO LTD. [Signature] SALES DEPARTMENT. BEC [Handwritten on right side: File] | ||