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 of complaint to a supplier regarding the poor quality of a recently delivered High Tension Cable.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\1\ Scan069 | |
| Date | 1st May 1928 | |
| X8560 COPY Ref: ROY {Sir Henry Royce} 9/MGL.5.28. Messrs. W.T. Glover & Co.Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester. May 1st. 1928. Dear Sirs, We regret it should be necessary to complain of the quality of the High Tension Cable recently delivered - sample of which we hand you herewith. You will observe on examination that the outer rubber covering is faulty in places, badly marred, and spongy. The breakdown test we have carried out with such a cable in our Experimental Department shows :- | ||