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 the testing and supply of KR4 plugs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\1\ scan0120 | |
| Date | 31th July 1918 | |
| X.6.01 The Lodge Sparking Plug Company, Limited. Rugby. Telegrams: "Lodge Rugby" Telephone: Rugby 235. UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Ltd. Nightingale Road DERBY RECEIVED AUG 1 1918 YOUR REF OUR REF BH/FB Date 31 July 1918 For the attention of Mr. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. Hives Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 30th inst. and are glad to note that the KR4 plugs have run satisfactorily for 80 hours. We think it would be advisable to continue your test on these plugs for at least 100 hours, at the end of which time we should be glad to have the opportunity of examining them. With reference to the further 2 Dozen KR4 plugs, these are now well in hand, and we hope to be able to despatch them towards the end of this week. Yours faithfully, THE LODGE SPARKING PLUG CO. LTD, Bernard Hopps DIRECTOR | ||