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 Ethyl Export Corporation correcting the specification of valve seat material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\1\ scan0055 | |
| Date | 16th October 1935 | |
| CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, LONDON. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, SOWEST. [Handwritten top center]: X1282 [Handwritten top left]: To/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} noted By [Signature] ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware, U.S.A. with limited liability. THAMES HOUSE, MILLBANK LONDON, S.W.1 [Handwritten center]: By - please return Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Telephone: VICTORIA 5520 Head Office: 135 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK, U.S.A 16th October, 1935. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Experimental Department, Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Your ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW. Dear Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Many thanks for your letter of the 17th October enclosing the memo from your Material Section with regard to the specification of valve seat material which I sent you. There was a slight mistake in our letter to you, and we omitted to mention that tin, to about 5.0%, was also added. This, however, does not account for the discrepancy, and I have written to France asking our man over there to confirm the specification. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, [Illegible Signature] FRB/BB | ||