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. discussing the installation of a Hobson K-S Telegage and requesting a tank drawing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\2\ Scan028 | |
| Date | 10th January 1927 | |
| CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND TO THE DOMINION & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FIRM, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. X4038 TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 4670, (4 LINES.) TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON." H.M. HOBSON, LTD. MANUFACTURERS OF :- Claudel-Hobson Carburettors, AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. LONDON AND WORKS: WOLVERHAMPTON. 29 & 31, VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. 10th January 1927. OUR REF. TPS/MW YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG. For the attention of Mr. W.A. Robotham. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Experimental Dept. Derby. Re Hobson K-S Telegage. Dear Sirs, We beg to thank you for your letter of the 8th inst., and quite agree that the procedure which you have suggested would probably prove most satisfactory in the long run. Our Mr. Davey will probably be calling on you within the next two days to discuss certain matters with regard to this installation, and in the meantime, if you could let us have a drawing of your tank, prior to our receiving the actual tank for calibration, we could send you a drawing showing the exact dimensions of our unit in place in a suitable position. Up to the moment we have only particulars of your calibration stick, which does not give us sufficient information for calculating the exact dimensions of our | ||