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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 The British Thomson-Houston Company regarding the production of Textolite timing gears.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 136\1\  scan0119
Date  5th December 1933
  
COPY OF LETTER from: THE BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON COMPANY LTD
RUGBY
5th December 1933

Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd
DERBY

TEXTOLITE TIMING GEARS

"Replying to yours of the 1st instant, we would say that we have written the General Electric Company in regard to this matter, and we have asked them if they have in existence moulds to produce blanks that could be used for the making of gears as shown on the drawing you sent us in reference to your Order No. 55888.

"We have instructed them to send six blanks on to us if the moulds exist, but we have not instructed them to make a special mould, as these moulds are rather a costly affair, and we take it that you would not wish to pay for a special mould.

"The G.E.Co., hold a large number of patents in connection with Textolite Gears and we are reviewing these to determine which one covers the gears described in their advertisement, and if we are successful in identifying same we will give you a write up on the matter.

"To be quite sure that we have correctly described the gear we have requested detail information from U.S.A. so that we can check the information on our files."

Yours faithfully

MANAGER - INDUSTRIAL SALES.

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