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 Brown Brothers Ltd. requesting information on the manufacturers of a C.F.R. Engine for testing aviation petrol.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\2\ Scan224 | |
| Date | 6th June 1934 | |
| P.B.X. Telegrams: IMBROWNED, FINSQUARE, LONDON. CONTRACTORS TO:— The AIR MINISTRY Telephone BISHOPGATE 7654 (26 LINES) Telegrams IMBROWNED, BETH. LONDON. MOTOR TRADE (S.M.M.T.) TELEGRAM CODE OUR REFERENCE: AVIATION BY PHONE: 51 YOUR REFERENCE: ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY Brown Brothers Limited ALLIED COMPANIES THOMSON AND BROWN BROTHERS LTD. BROWN BROTHERS (IRELAND) LTD. MOTOR, AIRCRAFT, CYCLE, TOOL & RADIO MANUFACTURERS and MERCHANTS ELECTRICAL GOODS and FITTINGS Head Offices and Warehouses Brown's Buildings, Great Eastern St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} LONDON. E.C.2 AVIATION DEPARTMENT. CONTRACTORS TO:— Colonial and Foreign Governments Branches ABERDEEN BELFAST BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL CARDIFF CROYDON DUBLIN DUNDEE EDINBURGH GLASGOW LEEDS LIVERPOOL LONDON, W. I MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE SOUTHAMPTON REGISTERED OFFICES 26-30 GREAT EASTERN STREET LONDON, E.C.2 6th June, 1934. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We should appreciate if you could inform us of the makers of the:- C.F.R. Engine for measuring the anti-knock value of aviation petrol. complete with electric dynamometer knock-meter and the various instruments necessary for conducting a test. The equipment to be used for both research and motor method procedures. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours faithfully, for BROWN BROTHERS LIMITED. [Handwritten Note] HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Can you help these people ? WS 7/6/34 [Stamp] WN 7 JUN 1934 [Stamp] RECEIVED | ||