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 Imperial Chemical Industries regarding the availability and properties of Seekay Wax.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\1\ scan0304 | |
| Date | 19th June 1936 | |
| 6110. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED. NORTH WESTERN DIVISION. TELEGRAMS: IMPKEMIX, LEICESTER. TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 60294. SELLING AGENTS FOR I.C.I.(ALKALI)LIMITED, (FORMERLY BRUNNER,MOND & CO.,LIMITED) I.C.I.(LIME) LIMITED, (FORMERLY THE BUXTON LIME FIRMS CO.,LIMITED) THE CASTNER-KELLNER ALKALI CO.,LTD. CHANCE & HUNT, LIMITED. CASSEL CYANIDE CO.,LIMITED. I.C.I.(GENERAL CHEMICALS) LIMITED, (FORMERLY UNITED ALKALI CO.,LTD.) I.C.I.(FERTILIZER AND SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS) LIMITED. 154, LONDON ROAD, LEICESTER. OUR REF. ABDR/LH{Mr Haworth} YOUR REF. 19th June, 1936 Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd. Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, SEEKAY WAX With reference to your letter of 16th instant concerning the above, we regret to inform you that it is not possible for us to offer a Seekay Wax of the same Specific Inductive Capacity as paraffin wax. We have however, a grade of wax namely, RX.118 which is reasonably close in melting point to R.123 with which you have been experimenting, and this has a lower Specific Inductive Capacity, but unfortunately we are unable to supply RX.118 at present owing to production being so limited. If RX.118 Seekay Wax would be of interest to you, we are hoping to be able to offer in a few weeks time and should like the opportunity of bringing the matter before you once again. Yours faithfully, For IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Chemical Section.) | ||