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Letter from FESCOL LIMITED regarding nickel deposition on exhaust pipes and silencers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\3\ scan0120 | |
| Date | 19th December 1935 | |
| X223 ON ADMIRALTY LIST. CONTRACTORS TO WAR OFFICE, ROYAL AIR FORCE, G.P.O., CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. FESCOL LIMITED ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEPOSITORS AND ENGINEERS DIRECTORS: SIR DANIEL NEYLAN, C.B.E. (CHAIRMAN) THE HON. BRIAN E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} LEWIS. I. P. R.{Sir Henry Royce} NAPIER, M.C. EDWARD F.{Mr Friese} SLADE, J.P. ENG. REAR ADMIRAL L. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} STEPHENS, C.B.E. (RET) R.{Sir Henry Royce} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} WILSON. FESCOL REGISTERED TRADE MARK OFFICES AND WORKS: 101, GROSVENOR ROAD, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, S.W.1 NORTHERN WORKS: PROSPECT WORKS - YEW GREEN ROAD, LOCKWOOD - HUDDERSFIELD SOLE LICENCEES FOR FRANCE: SOCIÉTÉ FESCOL, PUTEAUX - SEINE TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 2621-2-3. TELEGRAMS: FESCOLDOM, PHONE, LONDON. OUR REF. REW/MB YOUR REF. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/SMTH/15/KW 19th December, 1935. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department Derby. SMTH Dear Sirs, Further to the interview that the Undersigned had with Mr. Smith yesterday when the question of the protection of the Exhaust Pipes and Silencers was discussed, we shall be pleased if you will send us a portion of this apparatus so that we may deposit it and return it to you for your test as a substitute for your existing Stabrite. We would recommend the use of Nickel on these items and look forward with pleasure to hearing further from you, when we can treat a sample and give you a quotation for doing the work in whatever quantities you have under consideration. We are, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, FESCOL LIMITED (Signature of R.E. Wilson) R.{Sir Henry Royce} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} WILSON Director. | ||