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 Ransome & Marles Bearing Co. Ltd. regarding the dispatch of four serviced bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0314 | |
| Date | 8th March 1938 | |
| London Office: 17, VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER, S. W. 1. Telephone: ABBEY 3875 (2 LINES) Telegrams: OFFISLUNDA, SOWEST, LONDON BALL & ROLLER R&M BEARINGS Handwritten: +328 Telegraphic Address: "BEARINGS, NEWARK" Telegraphic Code: BENTLEY'S Telephone Nos: NEWARK 456-457-458-459 Contractors to H.M. Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Colonial Offices &c. RANSOME & MARLES BEARING CO., LTD., MANUFACTURERS of BALL & ROLLER BEARINGS NEWARK ON TRENT. Branch Offices: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, NOTTINGHAM AND- Branch Offices: SHEFFIELD, BRISTOL, GLASGOW, NEWCASTLE, DUBLIN, BELFAST. Our Ref. Tech.Dept. BS{A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager}/EW. Your Ref. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}12/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, D E R B Y. 8th March, 1938. Dear Sirs, FOR THE ATTENTION OF S. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} GRYLLS, ESQ. We have pleasure in informing you that we are to-day despatching to you, under separate cover, the four bearings returned to us on the 3rd instant for cleaning and polishing after having been run for approximately 20,000 miles, and we trust that further satisfactory service will be obtained from them. We are, Yours faithfully, RANSOME & MARLES BEARING CO. LTD., C. S. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Richardson DIRECTOR & GENERAL MANAGER. Under sep. cover: Four bearings. Handwritten: not thro' mailing office RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 9/38 | ||