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 Copper & Asbestos Washer Co regarding the unsuitability of sample Gauze Filter Joints and the creation of new samples.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0079 | |
| Date | 22th October 1936 | |
| 12897 ON AIR MINISTRY LIST OF APPROVED SUPPLIERS. TELEGRAMS: "COPWASH, BIRMINGHAM". TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 1467. MEMO FROM THE COPPER & ASBESTOS WASHER Co LIMITED. COPPER & ASBESTOS WASHERS ALL SHAPES & SIZES FOR MOTOR CAR, AEROPLANE OIL & PETROL ENGINES Directors: H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} MINNS. C. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} YATES. 111 & 116, Livery Street ~ BIRMINGHAM, 3. 22nd October 1936. Messrs Rolls Royce Limited., DERBY. [Handwritten Annotation: Written HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/STD] Ref HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/std6/JH. Dear Sirs, We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th inst., regarding the sample Gauze Filter Joints we have recently made and submitted for your examination. The writer is of the opinion that the Joints submitted are not exactly suitable for the purpose for which they are intended. We are making up further samples which we think may prove more suitable, and we hope to let you have these in the course of the next day or so. Yours faithfully, THE COPPER AND ASBESTOS WASHER CO LTD. C.H.Yates. | ||