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 Lea & Servais Ltd. regarding the maximum available length of a straight-through type silencer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\3\ scan0233 | |
| Date | 16th November 1937 | |
| 1297 Lea & Servais, Ltd. ENGINEERS & INVENTORS OF SERVAIS STRAIGHT THROUGH SILENCERS. DIRECTORS: H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} DARE LEA. N. H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} SERVAIS. F. {Mr Friese} SERVAIS, (BELGIUM) MANAGING DIRECTOR. 8. OLD PYE STREET, WESTMINSTER, London, S.W.1. TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 0824. TELEGRAMS: SERVONIA, SOWEST, LONDON. OUR REF...... DLS/R1. YOUR REF...... RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Whym.10/AP For the attention of Mr G.H.Whyman. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Nov. 16th, 1937. Dear Sir. Please accept my apologies for the delay in answering your kind letter of the 5th, Inst.Ref.RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Whym.10/AP. as I have been away from London on business which has taken my whole time. I have now the actual size of your existing Silencer from your London Office, but would be glad if you could let me have, in view of the fact that your Silencer is of the straight through type, the maximum length available. Thanking you. I am. Yours faithfully. For. Lea & Servais Ltd., | ||