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 Hoyt Metal Company regarding the running results of Number Eleven Z3 and their own development of SATCO metal.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0167 | |
| Date | 5th December 1936 | |
| W.E. Siler. 1020 THE HOYT METAL COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN, LIMITED HOYT STANDARD ANTI-FRICTION (BABBITT) METALS BRONZE, SOLDER AND METALLIC PISTON ROD PACKING. MAIN DISTRIBUTING CENTRES: AMSTERDAM BANGKOK BOMBAY BULAWAYO BUDAPEST CALCUTTA CAPE TOWN COPENHAGEN HONG KONG JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE MILAN PARIS PORT SAID PRAGUE RANGOON SHANGHAI SINGAPORE SOURABAYA (JAVA) STOCKHOLM VIENNA MAIN DISTRIBUTING CENTRES: ADELAIDE AUCKLAND BARCELONA BRISBANE BRUSSELS CHRISTCHURCH N.Z. COLOGNE COLOMBO DUNEDIN DURBAN HOBART KARACHI KHARTOUM LAUNCESTON LAUSANNE OSLO PERTH W.A. ROYAPURAM (MADRAS) SYDNEY TIENTSIN WELLINGTON TELEGRAMS: PROFANITY, PHONE, LONDON. CODES: A.B.C. 5th and 6th, BENTLEY'S, PRIVATE. TELEPHONE: PUTNEY 1323. PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE PUTNEY, LONDON, S.W.15. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY, INDIA OFFICE, COLONIAL AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, ETC. EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE ON, AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE WITH, THE BEARINGS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND HEAVY-DUTY MACHINERY GENERALLY, ETC. HCT/RD. SWDL{Len H. Swindell} 5th December, 1936 Your Ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., (Experimental Dept.) DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you very much for your letter of the 4th inst. and are very interested to hear that the running results of Number Eleven Z3 are so far better. With regard to the SATCO Metal, the position is that we are fully aware of the activities in regard to lead metals and we ourselves are quite active in our own development work, and we wish you to be assured that as soon as we can present anything with confidence we shall not hesitate to do so. Yours faithfully, THE HOYT METAL COY OF GREAT BRITAIN, LIMITED. [illegible signature] DIRECTOR. PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INTEREST WILL BE CHARGED ON OVERDUE ACCOUNTS. Time of delivery subject to strikes, lockouts, accidents, and other unforeseen contingencies. | ||