Letter to The Morgan Crucible Co. Ltd. regarding an order and quote for conical graphite plugs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\7\ X 606 Brakes-page136 | |
| Date | 18th October 1938 | |
| 1263 606 EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /JBD. {John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} 9/JH. 18th October, 1938. The Morgan Crucible Co.Ltd., Battersea Works, Church Road, LONDON.S.W.11. For the attention of Z. Dept. Dear Sirs, We thank you for the list of stock size graphite plugs. We should like to order 4 dozen conical plugs 11.1 m.m. long 10 m.m. on large diameter tapering to 8 m.m. on the small diameter as shown at the bottom of your list As we are still testing the possibilities of graphite, we are unable as yet to give an order for a large quantity, but in order to give us a guide could you please quote for these conical plugs in quantities of 200, 500 and 1,000. An official order will follow for 4 dozen in the course of a day or so. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||
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).