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 Lodge Sparking Plug Company regarding a sample plug for the Atlantic Flight.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\1\ scan0161 | |
| Date | 16th January 1919 | |
| X.601 The Lodge Sparking Plug Company Limited. Rugby. Telegrams: "Lodge Rugby" Telephone: Rugby 235. UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. YOUR REF OUR REF AML/MAW Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, Nightingale Road, D E R B Y. Date 16th January 1919. For the attention of Mr. Hives. Dear Sirs, Further to our letter of yesterday on the subject of plugs for the Atlantic Flight, we enclose herewith a sample which will show you the construction of the D13. This plug is not a correct model because the thread is too long. We have left the gland nut loose so that you can easily examine it. The centre pin is made of non-scaling steel, and we think you will find it a very reliable plug. We should be obliged if you would return this sample after examination. Yours faithfully, THE LODGE SPARKING PLUG CO. LTD. [Signature] DIRECTOR. Enc. (Sample) ENCLOSURE Nº 342 [Logos on left margin:] THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS THE CYCLE AND MOTOR CYCLE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS UNION LTD. FOUNDED 1890 INCORPORATED 1910 THE MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTORS S.B.A.C ENGINEERING EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION 1896 | ||