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 The British Thomson-Houston Company Ltd querying the type of steel to be used for making moulds for Fabroil gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 30th July 1934 | |
| THE BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON COMPANY LTD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS. SUBSIDIARY OF ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, LIMITED. REGISTERED OFFICE: CROWN HOUSE, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.2. HEAD OFFICE: RUGBY. WORKS: RUGBY, WILLESDEN, BIRMINGHAM, COVENTRY, CHESTERFIELD. TELEGRAMS: ASTEROIDAL, RUGBY. CODES: A.B.C. BENTLEY'S, MARCONI, SCHOFIELD'S, WESTERN UNION. TELEPHONE Nº 286. EXT. YOUR REFERENCE- ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} OUR REFERENCE- INDUSTRIAL SALES RJC. RUGBY, 30th July, 1934 Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., Automobile Engineers, DERBY. Dear Sirs, FABROIL GEARS E 84852 = Y/74 280 With reference to our letter of the 23rd inst., and yours of the 24th inst., may we ask you to kindly advise us if we are to make the moulds of ordinary mild steel at the lower price, or make them in our usual material. You will appreciate, of course, that we cannot proceed with the work until this point is settled. Yours faithfully, J.S. RAMSDEN, MANAGER - INDUSTRIAL SALES per:- SChapman RJC/BM [Handwritten notes:] [Top left:] Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. [Left margin:] Hall moulds E/LD [Above body:] %8529 [Stamp:] RECEIVED 31 JUL 1934 | ||