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 instrument makers Negretti & Zambra regarding difficulties repairing Acrometers due to wartime mobilisation of staff.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\1\ Scan004 | |
| Date | 14th February 1918 | |
| A8695 NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, OPTICIANS and SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS. HEAD OFFICE: 38, HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.C.1. BRANCHES: 45, CORNHILL, E.C.3. 122, REGENT ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, W.1. FACTORY: HALF MOON WORKS, BARNSBURY, N.1. FOUNDED 1850. HIGHEST AWARDS AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS OF LONDON 1851. LONDON 1862. PARIS 1878. PARIS 1900. BRUSSELS 1910. TURIN 1911. CABLE: NEGRETTI. LONDON. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: NEGRETTI. CENT. LONDON. TELEPHONE: HOLBORN 583. CITY 1325. (CEN EXCHANGE) 38, HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, E.C.1 Our ref. JJE/C. Your ref. Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/W2/H12.2.18. Febry 14th 1918. [STAMP: S.D. 15 FEB 1918 A.M.] [STAMP: RECEIVED] Messrs. Rolls - Royce, Ltd. Nightingale Road, Derby. Dear Sirs, re Acrometers Your favour of the 12th inst., is before us, and we beg to confirm ours of the 31st ulto. and as we then wrote you the Patentee & Maker at Paris is mobilised, but up to the present, he has from time to time, been able to repair or renew some Acrometers, - Now our English expert (in the Army) has been sent abroad. If you will send us, - if no longer usable, - the disc valves in question, with the used Platinum Discs in them, - we will see if we can replace the discs, or get replacements from Paris. On receipt we would report what we could do under the circumstances. In the meantime, we are, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, Negretti & Zambra. per [Signature] | ||