Broken Elliott speedometer returned from Vienna, and a query to establish its departmental ownership.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\2\ 02-page04 | |
| Date | 27th August 1913 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (FOUR LINES). Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} /SM8/L27813. Names and indicating letter. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Bu Mr. BARRINGTON Be Mr. BEREND B Mr. BURT Bt {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Miss CASWELL Cas Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Cn {Mr Chamberain} Mr. COWEN C Mr. COX Cx {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. DeLOOZE D Mr. ELLIOTT E "r. {Sir Henry Royce} FRIESE F r. {Sir Henry Royce} GNAPP G Mr. HALDENBY Hy {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALLAM Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HANBURY H Mr. JOHNSON J Mr. KILNER K Mr. MOON M Mr. NADIN Na {Mr Nadin} Mr. NORTHEY P.N. Mr. OLDHAM O Mr. PATERSON Pat Mr. PLATFORD Pd Mr. ROBINSON Rn {Mr Robinson} Mr. ROYCE R Mr. JAMES ROYCE JR {Mr James Royce} Mr. SANDERSON Sn {Mr Sanderson} LORD HERBERT SCOTT LHS {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} Mr. SPINNEY Sp {Mr Spinney} VIENNA Y Mr. WHEELER Wfr Mr. WHITEHEAD Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} WORMALD.. Wer Re Elliott Speedometer. X.613 Mr Hives. 27-8-13. A broken speedometer No.10392 has been returned to us from Vienna and is now in the stores. We understand that Mr Friese exchanged a speedometer with Waldron of the Test Dept., and that this is in connection with that. Will you kindly say whether this speedometer belongs to the Exp. Dept. or the Test Dept. p. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Handwritten section]: Mr Mercer. 29/8/13. I have now obtained the above speedometer from the stores (both glasses are broken). This speedometer belongs to us. by [signature] [Stamp]: W.M. 30 AUG. 1913 RECEIVED. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||
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).