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).
Quotation from Hightensite Limited for covering steel ignition tubes with Ebonite.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 34\2\ Scan073 | |
| Date | 30th October 1919 | |
| x 2625 HIGHTENSITE LIMITED. Normandy Works, Custom House, LONDON. E.16. October 30th 1919. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale, Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We are obliged for your enquiry of the 16th inst. ref. Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/Ms/12E and have pleasure in quoting as under:- Covered with Ebonite 500 lots of your own Steel Ignition Tubes E8135 covered only, similar to sample sent. You to do necessary machining and polishing. Price per dozen .............. £3 - 0 - 0d. Plus part cost of appliances... £3 -10 - 0d. Tool cost is simply an initial outlay providing you make no alteration in design. HIGHTENSITE LIMITED. (Sgd). Sydney Jones. | ||