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 Le Carbone regarding the dispatch of coppered carbon brushes for trial.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\5\ Scan125 | |
| Date | 14th August 1922 | |
| X. 4333 CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, POST OFFICE, WAR OFFICE, &c. LE CARBONE COVENTRY HOUSE, SOUTH PLACE, LONDON, E.C.2, ENGLAND. [Left Box] CARBONS —FOR— MICROPHONES, WELDING, SMELTING, ELECTRO-DEPOSITION, RESISTANCES, —&c., &c.— ELECTRO-GRAPHITIC CARBON. (GIRARD & STREETS PROCESS) CARB'N SACK BATTERIES. LACOMBE CEDS. [Center Left] A.B.C. CODE 4th & 5th EDITION. TELEPHONE — CLERKENWELL 1826. TELEGRAMS— 'LACOMBE, AVE, LONDON.' [Right Box] BRUSHES —IN— CARBON, METAL, COMBINED METAL AND CARBON FOR ALL TYPES —OF— DYNAMOS —&— MOTORS. CARBON PACKING RINGS, FOR TURBINE ENGINES. MAGNETO CARBONS. SUPPLIERS TO THE PRINCIPAL RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, CORPORATIONS & ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER UNDERTAKINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 14th August, 1922. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Our Ref. 3580/4335. In accordance with the request contained in your favour of the 17th ult., we despatched to you on the 11th inst. per Parcel Post 12 "EG30" Coppered Carbon Brushes as per Samples Invoice enclosed herewith. In the event of the "Z" grade brushes which you are now trying proving unsatisfactory, we much appreciate your promise to carry out the trial of the "EG30" Carbons, and we would naturally appreciate a report from you concerning their operation. We are, Yours faithfully, For Le Carbone. T/B Enc. Samples Inv. | ||