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 H.M. Hobson Ltd. regarding the replacement of a K.S.100 installation with a pump type gauge.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\4\ Scan066 | |
| Date | 2nd May 1929 | |
| CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND TO THE DOMINION & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FIRM, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. TELEPHONE: CHISWICK 4231 (4 LINES). TELEGRAMS: "ASSEMBLAGE, LONDON." H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} HOBSON, LTD. (ESTABLISHED 1903) 47-55, ACTON VALE, LONDON, W.3. MANUFACTURERS OF Hobson KS Petrol Telegage AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. WORKS: LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. OUR REF. TPS/MW YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG. ENCLO. 1. 2nd May 1929. For the attention of W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Expl. Dept. Derby. Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your letter of the 1st inst., and note that you wish to replace the K.S.100 installation with the pump type gauge. We can make you up a replacement set for this installation, and should you decide to order it, we shall be obliged if you will refer on your order to K.S.100 A.P. As far as our records go, this tank has the same calibration, and will use the same dash unit and triple air line as K.S.162.B. We have already put in hand a tank unit of this description for you, and can MAJOR SEGRAVE'S "GOLDEN ARROW" was fitted with a NAPIER-LION ENGINE and CLAUDEL-HOBSON CARBURETTERS. | ||