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 Dunlop to Rolls-Royce regarding a mileage discrepancy in a tyre test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan067 | |
| Date | 5th August 1920 | |
| x4050 21844 By Appointment To H.M. The King DUNLOP RUBBER CO LTD FOUNDERS OF THE PNEUMATIC TYRE INDUSTRY. TELEGRAMS- "COVERS, BIRMINGHAM" TELEPHONE (11 LINES) EAST 920, PRIVATE EXCHANGE. A.B.C. CODE 5TH EDITION. LIEBER CODE. REGISTERED OFFICES: 150 & 152, CLERKENWELL ROAD, LONDON, E.C. WHEN REPLYING PLEASE QUOTE ON BOTH LETTER & ENVELOPE- ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE FIRM AGL/II/56a. Test Dept. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Aston Cross, Birmingham. 5th. August 1920. RECEIVED 6 AU 1920 Attention of Mr. E.W. Hives. Test of Dunlop S/S Tyres on Rolls-Royce 40/50 H.P. No. R.4092. Dear Sirs, We have to thank you for your latest return, showing the mileage done by the above tyres to the 2nd. August. There is one item, therein, which is not quite clear, and we should be very much obliged to you, if you would kindly send us some further information on this point. We refer to the mileage shown for 19.7.20, where the total is given as 1957 miles, and 694 as "Daily Miles". As your previous return (to 1.7.20) gave the total mileage as 1936, we cannot trace the inclusion of this item 694. We are sorry to give you trouble in the matter, but hope you will have no difficulty in clearing up the question raised. Yours faithfully, FOR THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. LTD. C. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Callaghan aff. | ||