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 Armstrong Whitworth Securities to E.W. Hives regarding the development of a compression ignition engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\3\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 29th March 1940 | |
| ASSOCIATED COMPANY: SIR W. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. (ENGINEERS) LTD. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED KADENACY DEPARTMENT. TELEPHONE: SLOUGH 20295/6 TELEGRAMS: KADENG, SLOUGH Our Ref: HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BUCKINGHAM AVENUE, TRADING ESTATE, SLOUGH, BUCKS. [Handwritten top right]: 1128 29th March,1940. [Handwritten in blue ink]: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Please see me [Handwritten in blue ink]: HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E.W.Hives,Esq., Messrs.Rolls Royce Limited, Derby. Dear Mr.Hives, I know how very busy you are, but I am writing to know whether you are yet in a position to give me a reply to my letter to you of the 8th instant,and our official letter of the same date in connection with the development of your road transport compression ignition engine. I shall be very pleased to come to Derby to see you at any time if you would like to discuss the matter with me. Yours sincerely, [Signature] H.Sammons [Watermark]: OFFICE COPY MADE AT CROXLEY | ||