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 Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd regarding a collaboration on lead bronze testing and the 4 1/4 litre Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0132 | |
| Date | 16th November 1936 | |
| 1020 LONDON OFFICE:- BUSH HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W.C.2. TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 7193 TELEGRAMS: "BRISTAIRCO, BUSH LONDON" TELEGRAMS:- INLAND: AVIATION. PHONE. FILTON. FOREIGN: AVIATION. FILTON. CODES:- WESTERN UNION, BENTLEY'S & A.B.C. TELEPHONES: OFFICES and WORKS, 45051 [PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE] "Bristol" Aeroplanes and Aero Engines. THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LTD SIR G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} STANLEY WHITE, BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} (MANAGING DIRECTOR.) FILTON HOUSE, BRISTOL, ENG. Your Ref. Our Ref. ENGINES F/HCM-4. 16th November 1936. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Robotham, Very many thanks for your letter of the 14th instant, reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/R.{Sir Henry Royce} With regard to your suggestion that we might like to run some of your latest lead bronze on our bush, I will talk this matter with our people, as a result of your visit on the 13th instant, and would most certainly like to collaborate on this lead bronze testing. I note with interest your remarks about the 4 1/4 litre Bentley, and will try and get in touch with your Mr Slater when I am in Paris. Yours sincerely, A.H.R.Fedden. Handwritten notes: Go ahead HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Fedden has asked for us to supply a bearing. We are doing this unless we hear that you do not agree | ||