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 Co. Ltd. regarding an objection to the oval case of the King Seeley Petrol Gauge and requesting a new rectangular design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\2\ Scan027 | |
| Date | 14th January 1927 | |
| Y4038 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RmL/LG. Expl: Dept: 14th. Jan. 1927 Messrs. H.M. Hobson Co. Ltd., 27-29 Vauxhall Bridge Rd., London S.W.1. Dear Sirs, Our Sales people have objected to the oval case of the King Seeley Petrol Gauge. They suggest a plain rectangular black case. We should be obliged if you would submit us a design something on these lines for their criticism. Yours faithfully, | ||