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 H.M. Hobson Ltd. regarding the examination of a faulty gauge with a broken glass tube.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\4\ Scan055 | |
| Date | 27th April 1929 | |
| CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND TO THE DOMINION & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FIRM, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. 49038 TELEPHONE: CHISWICK 4231. TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON". H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} HOBSON, LTD. (ESTABLISHED 1903) 47-55, ACTON VALE, LONDON, W. 3. MANUFACTURERS OF: Hobson K-S Petrol Telegage AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. WORKS: LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. OUR REF. TPS/MW YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG. 27th April 1929. For the attention of W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Exptl. Dept. Derby. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 25th inst., and beg to inform you that we have now received the gauge to which you refer. We are carefully examining this, and will let you have a report of our findings. From a cursory examination we notice that the glass tube is broken off completely, it is not, as we at first thought, that the cement joint has given way. We will, however, communicate with you again in the course of a few posts as to the result of our investigations. Yours faithfully, H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} HOBSON, Ltd., Joint Managing Director. MAJOR SEGRAVE'S "GOLDEN ARROW" was fitted with a NAPIER-LION ENGINE and CLAUDEL-HOBSON CARBURETTERS. | ||