Letter from Peto & Radford Accumulator Co Ltd providing a quotation for C7 'Umpire' batteries.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\3\ Scan088 | |
| Date | 28th November 1918 | |
| Manufacturers of P. & R. {Sir Henry Royce} Accumulators. Established 1889. Victoria & Greville Works, Ashtead, Surrey THE NEW PETO & RADFORD ACCUMULATOR CO LTD Electrical Engineers MANAGING DIRECTORS WILLIAM PETO M.I.E.E. G.R.N. MINCHIN M.A. 12, HEDDON STREET REGENT STREET LONDON W.1 TELEPHONE REGENT 2576 TELEGRAMS "CONCENTRATION REG. LONDON" REF M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /C. 2811. 28th November, 1918. [STAMP: RECEIVED 29 NOV 1918] Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, In reply to yours of the 26th inst, reference Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} /WIO/H26118. asking for a quotation for C7. "Umpire" Batteries as shown on page 78 of our old catalogue, we can deliver 6 of these in about 14 days and the price would be £1.3.-. for each cell nett, packing and carriage extra. We would point out that this type of Battery is not suitable for high discharge. If you are thinking of a large capacity battery out of which you wish to get big discharges, we can quote for something quite different to this. Yours faithfully, THE NEW PETO & RADFORD ACCUMULATOR CO. LTD. G.R.N.Minchin MANAGING DIRECTOR. | ||
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).