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 Adamant Engineering Company regarding a test and order for a Marles-Weller steering gear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\2\ Scan101 | |
| Date | 1st December 1932 | |
| Telegrams: "ADAMANT, Phone, Luton." CONTRACTORS TO H.M. ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY. Telephone: LUTON 1818 (2 Lines). ADAMANT ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporating J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} C. THREADGOLD & SONS. Established 1878.) Engineers and Founders. SPECIALISTS in the DESIGN and MANUFACTURE of HIGH PRECISION TOOLS, JIGS, FIXTURES, etc. SPECIAL MACHINES, SPECIAL MACHINE TOOLS, and ACCURATE PRODUCTION WORK. SOLE MANUFACTURERS and SALES AGENTS for the MARLES and MARLES-WELLER STEERING GEARS. Directors: S. CARLTON SMITH, A.M.I.MECH.E., M.I.P.E. ENGR. LT. COMMANDER F.{Mr Friese} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} MATRAVERS, R.N., M.A. (CANTAB), A.M.I.MECH.E., A.M.I.E.E., M.I.A.E., M.I.P.E. O.{Mr Oldham} CARLTON SMITH, M.A. (CANTAB), F.I.S.A., M.I.P.E., Secretary. ALFRED SLATTER, M.I.E.E. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} W. HAZEL, F.I.S.A. Your Ref. Our Ref. FGM/AGS/CB. Head Offices, Works and Design Dept. ; DALLOW ROAD, LUTON. 1st. December, 1932. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Robotham. We would like to refer to the visit the writer paid you yesterday, and to thank you once more for the manner in which you received him. We were extremely interested in the test which you were able to let us have on the car fitted with the Marles-Weller Gear on the road, and our opinion of this is, that, although it can be improved, we think that as a first trial the results are not altogether unsatisfactory. We would confirm your instructions to us to put a second gear in hand identical with the sample supplied, with the exception that the Cam is to be fitted with a slightly faster pitch, viz. 1.3/32" in place of 1.1/32". This gear is being put in hand at once, and will be sent forward as soon as ever completed. We would also thank you for instructing us to send forward the invoice for the first gear, as well as this second, which we are arranging to do. Again thanking you, and assuring you of our best attention at all times, We are, Yours faithfully, for ADAMANT ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED. | ||