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. querying a potential mistake in an order for three gauges.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\4\ Scan191 | |
| Date | 24th May 1929 | |
| T.4038. 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: CHISWICK 4231. (4 LINES). TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON". MANUFACTURERS OF Hobson KS Petrol Telegage and MOTOR ACCESSORIES. WORKS: LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. H.M. HOBSON, LTD. (ESTABLISHED 1903) 47-55, ACTON VALE, LONDON, W.3. 24th May 1929. OUR REF. TPS/MW YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG. For attention of W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Expl. Dept. Derby. Dear Sirs, We beg to thank you for your letter of the 18th inst., and note from the attached tracing that the lettering will fit in the available space. We have to-day received an order from your Supply Department for three gauges of this type, and we are querying whether they are not really requiring the three masks mentioned in script at the foot of your letter of the 18th, and have ordered three complete gauges by mistake. In any case, for the purpose of future MAJOR SEGRAVE'S "GOLDEN ARROW" was fitted with a NAPIER-LION ENGINE and CLAUDEL-HOBSON CARBURETTERS. | ||