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. requesting the return of a previously lent fuel pump and diaphragm for updating.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\3\ scan0323 | |
| Date | 4th February 1932 | |
| X4038 br Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}? CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND TO THE DOMINION & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FIRM, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. TELEPHONE: SHEPHERDS BUSH 3321. (4 LINES) TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON" MANUFACTURERS OF Hobson Motor Accessories. Claudel-Hobson Carburetters. Hobson-Perfect Window Regulators. Hobson K-S Petrol Telegages. Hobson Sparking Plugs. WORKS:- LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. H.M. HOBSON, LTD. (ESTABLISHED 1903) 47-55, THE VALE, ACTON, LONDON, W.3. ENCLO. OUR REF. ED{J. L. Edwards}/MW YOUR REF. 4th February 1932. Handwritten notes: [Regd?] HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [circled] 1/8 Please see me R [with a line through it] 5/2/32 STAMP: RECEIVED 5 FEB 1932 Handwritten: ALN See me Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. Dear Sirs, As you are probably aware now, we sent you last week by direction of the Air Ministry a modern fuel pump and control diaphragm for your use, c/o Air Ministry Chief Technical Officer. Will you therefore please return to us the original pump and diaphragm which we lent you, so that we can bring it up to date. Thanking you and assuring you at all times of our best attention, Yours faithfully, H.M. HOBSON, Ltd., E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dodson Technical Dept. Handwritten: Roy{Sir Henry Royce} STAMP: EXPERIMENTAL AERO ENGINE DEPT. 6 FEB 1932 E.G. STAMP: RECEIVED 6 FEB 1932 E G | ||