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. discussing a faulty gauge returned from a French car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\4\ Scan062 | |
| Date | 1st May 1929 | |
| 79038 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 K-S Petrol Telegage AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. WORKS: LONDON AND WOLVERHAMPTON. OUR REF. TPS/MW YOUR REF. 1st May 1929. For the attention of W.A.Robotham, Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce,Ltd., Expl. Dept. Derby. Dear Sirs, Further to our letter of the 27th ult., we have now had time to carefully examine the faulty gauge returned to us from the French car. Our conclusion is that the glass tube of this gauge broke off short just underneath the top glass tube holder, and that the cause was faulty manufacture, owing to the top or bottom glass tube holder fouling the casting at some point or the top capillary tube not being clear during the whole of its run, thus causing undue strain on the glass tube itself. We have been carefully into this question, and MAJOR SEGRAVE'S "GOLDEN ARROW" was fitted with a NAPIER-LION ENGINE and CLAUDEL-HOBSON CARBURETTERS. | ||