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Quotation from The General Electric Co. Ltd. for a High Sensitivity Ballistic Galvanometer.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 34\1\  Scan315
Date  22th August 1922
  
CONTRACTORS TO H.M.ADMIRALTY, INDIA(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes) OFFICE, WAR OFFICE, G.P.O. AND THE LEADING HOME AND OVERSEAS RAILWAYS.

[LOGO: INCORPORATED IN THE YEAR 1900 THE ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS FEDERATION]
[LOGO: NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN]

REGISTERED TRADE MARK
X2572

The General Electric Co. Ltd
MANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL.

Telephone: 6404 CENTRAL
Telegraphic Address: INSULATOR, BIRMINGHAM

Head Office:
MAGNET HOUSE,
KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2.

YOUR REF.
OUR REF. L/W/466.
TO ENSURE PROMPT ATTENTION PLEASE QUOTE ABOVE REFERENCE.

Etc [Handwritten in red, struck through]

WORKS:
WITTON, BIRMINGHAM.
COVENTRY.
SALFORD, MANCHESTER.
HAMMERSMITH.
WEMBLEY.
LEMINGTON-ON-TYNE.
ERITH.
SOUTHAMPTON.
LONDON.

BRANCHES:
ABERDEEN, HULL, BELFAST, IPSWICH, BIRMINGHAM, LEEDS, BRISTOL, LIVERPOOL, CARDIFF, MANCHESTER, CORK, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, DUBLIN, NOTTINGHAM, DUNDEE, SHEFFIELD, EDINBURGH, SOUTHAMPTON, GLASGOW, SWANSEA.

OVERSEAS BRANCHES & AGENCIES.
EUROPE.
GENERAL ELECTRIC DE FRANCE LTD PARIS.
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO OF BELGIUM LTD BRUSSELS.
AGENCIES. Christiania (NORWAY) Gothenburg (SWEDEN) Amsterdam (HOLLAND) Lisbon & Oporto (PORTUGAL) Constantinople (TURKEY).

ASIA.
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO OF CHINA(Experimental Engine) LTD SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HANKOW, TIENTSIN, KOREA & MANCHURIA.
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (INDIA(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes)) LTD CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, MADRAS.
FRASER & CHALMERS ENGINEERING WORKS. (PROPRIETORS THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD) SINGAPORE.
AGENCIES. Bangkok (SIAM) Batavia (JAVA) Sourabaya. Sandakan (BRITISH NORTH BORNEO) and Dutch East Indies.

AMERICA.
ANGLO ARGENTINE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO LTD BUENOS AIRES.
AGENCIES Monte Video (URUGUAY) Barbados (WEST INDIES) Valparaiso, Santiago & Conception (CHILE) Oruro, La {L. A. Archer} Paz & Uyuni (BOLIVIA).

AUSTRALASIA.
BRITISH GENERAL ELECTRIC CO LTD SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, PERTH, KALGOORLIE & NEWCASTLE. WELLINGTON (N.Z.) DUNEDIN (N.Z.) AGENCIES AT BRISBANE & HOBART (TASMANIA).

AFRICA.
THE BRITISH GENERAL ELECTRIC CO LTD JOHANNESBURGH, CAPETOWN, DURBAN.
AGENCIES. Pietermaritzburg, Salisbury, Bulawayo, Port Elisabeth, East London, Delagoa Bay, Beira, Mozambique, Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala, Zanzibar, & Kismayu. Also at Alexandria, Cairo & Assiut (EGYPT).

Magnet House,
42, High Street, BIRMINGHAM. Aug. 22nd 22 19

Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd.,
Nightingale Road,
DERBY.

E9C4 | T8822 [Handwritten]

Dear Sirs,

In reply to your esteemed enquiry of the 4th inst., WD {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} 6/NJ/4822. for a Portable Testing Set for testing condensers, this matter has received our very careful consideration and would state that the only apparatus which we can offer to suit your requirements is as follows:-

One High Sensitivity Ballistic Galvanometer for condenser testing, internal resistance 2000 ohms. @............. £24. 5. 0. less 5%

Delivered Derby, packing extra.

This instrument would be generally similar to the illustration herewith and we would state that same would give a violent

ENCLOSURES:

TO ENSURE PROMPT ATTENTION MATTERS REFERRING TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE WRITTEN ON SEPARATE SHEETS.
  
  
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).


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