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).
Correspondence regarding the final design and demonstration of a new under-seat air conditioner.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0041 | |
| Date | 9th February 1939 | |
| 1158 THE POWER PLANT CO. LTD. ENGINEERS, GEAR SPECIALISTS, MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURERS REG. TRADE MARK CODES LOMBARD, BENTLEYS SECOND BENTLEYS, ABC 5TH & 6TH EDITIONS WESTERN UNION AND MARCONI TELEPHONE: WEST DRAYTON 2626 (3 LINES) TELEGRAMS: ROC, PHONE, WEST DRAYTON CABLES: ROC, WEST DRAYTON ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY AND INDIA OFFICE LISTS WEST DRAYTON Middlesex ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY YOUR REF: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.1/MH{M. Huckerby} EXPERIMENTAL DEPT. OUR REF: CHEVROC DEPT. 1158 9th February, 1939. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. C. S. Steadman Dear Sirs, With reference to previous discussions and correspondence on the subject of our new Air Conditioner, we must apologise for the delay in writing you since the writer's last visit. The final design for the under-seat air conditioner is now completed, and we are just finishing the manufacture of the model which is being fitted on the writer's car, and it should be finished by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. The writer then hopes to have the opportunity of showing you the air conditioner in use, and giving you prices and all other details required. Yours faithfully, THE POWER PLANT COMPANY, LIMITED. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Kenneth McLeod, Manager, Chevroc Dept. KMcL/MA | ||