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. responding to a complaint about an unsightly taper on a gauge and proposing design changes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\3\ scan0119 | |
| Date | 7th October 1930 | |
| X4038 CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND TO THE DOMINION & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FIRM, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS TELEPHONE: SHEPHERDS BUSH 3321 (4 LINES). TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON" H.M. HOBSON, LTD. (ESTABLISHED 1903) 47-55, THE VALE, ACTON, LONDON, W.3. MANUFACTURERS OF Hobson Motor Accessories. Claudel-Hobson Carburetters. Hobson-Perfect Window Regulators. Hobson K-S Petrol Telegages. Hobson Sparking Plugs. WORKS:- LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. ENCLO. OUR REF. TPS/MW YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/MJ 7th October 1930. Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Expl. Dept. Derby. For attention of W.A.Robotham,Esq., Dear Sirs, We beg to thank you for your letter of the 25th ult., which we much regret has not been answered before, but the points which you have raised have been fully appreciated, and were attended to immediately on receipt. We agree that the taper is unsightly, and difficult to set to zero. We are taking every step to obviate this feature in future gauges, and we can guarantee its complete elimination, with no suggestion at all of its appearance on the dial, if under the new condition of the gauge being required without a bezel, it were possible to allow the rubber tube which protects the fused seal, to project say 1/8" below the present over-all dimension of the body, which has to fit inside the [Sticker text] MOTOR EXHIBITION CARS & BOATS Oct. 16-25 OLYMPIA OUR STAND No. 380 Gallery | ||