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 regarding test results of aluminium tin alloy bushes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 2nd November 1936 | |
| LONDON OFFICE:- BUSH HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W.C.2. TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 7193 TELEGRAMS: 'BRISTAIRCO, BUSH, LONDON' TELEGRAMS: INLAND: 'AVIATION' PHONE, BRISTOL FOREIGN: 'AVIATION', FILTON CODES: WESTERN UNION, BENTLEY'S & A.B.C. TELEPHONES: OFFICES AND WORKS, 45051 [PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE] Handwritten: He should like to have your comments "re 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/RN{Mr Robinson}/61/N/E 2nd November 1936. Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr Rowbotham Dear Sirs, ALUMINIUM TIN ALLOY BUSHES We enclose a tabulated summary of the tests we have carried out on the above bushes. So far the results have not been very promising, and we have held up further testing pending an investigation into the cause of failure of the last two bushes. We understand that Mr Rowbotham would like to pay us a visit. We suggest that he should come down on any day next week convenient to himself when we would be very glad to see him to discuss questions of mutual interest particularly aluminium tin bearings. Yours faithfully, THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LTD. [Signature of A.H.R. Fedden] CHIEF ENGINEER. Encl: Tabulation as above & Laboratory report L.916. [Stamp] ENCLOSURE No 609 | ||