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 a rubber manufacturer regarding the vulcanising of a rubber sleeve for a car heater component.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\2\ scan0263 | |
| Date | 13th December 1938 | |
| 1158 TELEGRAMS: RUBBER LEYLAND TELEPHONE: No 81434. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY NOT TO INDIVIDUALS CODES USED: WESTERN UNION-5 LETTER EDITION & BENTLEY'S. THE LEYLAND & BIRMINGHAM RUBBER Co LTD INDIA RUBBER & ASBESTOS MANUFACTURERS AND WATERPROOFERS BRANCHES: LONDON: 31/35 WILSON STREET - FINSBURY - E.C.2 BIRMINGHAM: 261 CORPORATION STREET CARDIFF: HARROWBY STREET "DOCKS" GLASGOW: JAMES T. GOUDIE & CO - 52, ST ENOCH SQUARE. DUBLIN: 63 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET JOHANNESBURG: BARSDORF'S BUILDINGS. CALCUTTA: 12 MISSION ROW BUENOS AIRES: CALLE SOLIS, 439. REFERENCE: RG{Mr Rowledge}/JC Motor Sales. WORKS: LEYLAND NEAR PRESTON MARYHILL, GLASGOW MITCHAM, SURREY MEATH WORKS - DUBLIN REGISTERED OFFICE: LEYLAND NEAR PRESTON, ENGLAND 13th December 1938 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Ref: RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD/M.MH.{M. Huckerby} Dear Sirs, We have your letter of the 10th instant, with which you enclosed a blueprint S.C.D.1042 showing a proposed drive for a car heater, from a small electric motor to a separately mounted fan, and we note that you are considering the practicability of vulcanising rubber sleeve to the adaptor pieces shown on the drawing. In reply we are pleased to inform you that we are able to comply with your request in this direction if you will supply the adaptor pieces in brass metal containing at least 65% of Copper. Immediately we receive the adaptor pieces from you we can assure you that we shall lose no time in completing the bonding of the rubber to them and returning them to you for experiment. Yours faithfully, FOR THE COMPANY, R.{Sir Henry Royce} Follup [Handwritten notes] B2/P.D. 214/b. Parts despatched 29.12.38 [Left margin text] All Contracts and Orders are booked, and Quotations given, subject to our right to withdraw or cancel same (without liability on our part) by reason of the interruption of due delivery, short supplies, or abnormally affected prices of Raw Material, arising from Strikes, Fire, or through causes beyond our control. | ||