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).
Request to The S.U. Company Ltd. for six thimble gauze filters for testing on a Bentley carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\4\ scan0024 | |
| Date | 24th May 1935 | |
| x 1487 Exptl. Dept. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/BWG.{J. C. Bowring}15/KW. 24th May, 1935. T.C. Skinner, Esq., The S.U. Company Ltd., East Works, Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. Dear Mr. Skinner, We wish to try out your standard type thimble gauze filter in the carburetter float chamber lid{A. J. Lidsey}, with a view to ascertaining exactly how much foreign matter does pass our main plate filter. Will you please send us 6 of these, suitable for the Bentley carburetter. Kind regards, Yours sincerely, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||