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 Autocar magazine enquiring about a Cambridge electric recording machine for road tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\2\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 29th June 1939 | |
| 1325.2619 The Autocar The Leading Motoring Journal PROPRIETORS: ILIFFE & SONS LTD Telegrams AUTOCARS, SEDIST, LONDON AUTOPRESS, BIRMINGHAM AUTOCAR, COVENTRY ILIFFE, MANCHESTER ILIFFE, GLASGOW Telephones LONDON: WATERLOO 3333 (50 LINES) BIRMINGHAM: MIDLAND 2971 (4 LINES) COVENTRY: 5210 MANCHESTER: BLACKFRIARS 4412 (4 LINES) GLASGOW: CENTRAL 4857 IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE REF. A/GS/HJJ BIRMINGHAM: GUILDHALL BUILDINGS, NAVIGATION STREET COVENTRY: 8-10, CORPORATION STREET MANCHESTER: 260, DEANSGATE, 3 GLASGOW: 268 RENFIELD STREET, C.2. Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.1. 29th June, 1939 W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs Rolls-Royce Limited, D E R B Y. Dear Mr. Robotham, We have been discussing the possibility of taking our road tests of new cars even deeper than we do at present, and in conversation with Mr. Tombs yesterday in Coventry, he mentioned the Cambridge electric machine you used for recording acceleration and deceleration and other important data. I wonder if you would be good enough to tell me if in your judgment, a recording machine of this kind could be beneficially used by us and applied to different cars submitted for test. Also I should be glad if you would send me the name of the makers, as I should like to go into the matter with them direct after I have heard from you. Best wishes, Yours sincerely, Geoffrey Smith MANAGING EDITOR | ||