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 North & Sons Ltd. confirming the specifications of a sample speedometer at 785 turns per mile.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\4\ img112 | |
| Date | 24th October 1931 | |
| COMMERCIAL MOTOR TRANSPORT EXHIBITION OLYMPIA NOV. 5-14 OUR STAND No. 331 Gallery X6129 SPEEDOMETERS THE BRITISH MADE Watford & MAGNETOS NORTH & SONS, LTD. WHIPPENDELL ROAD, WATFORD. TELEGRAMS: AEROMAGS WESTCENT LONDON. AEROMAGS WATFORD. WATFORD, 4422 (2 Lines) CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY, CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, INDIA OFFICE. Ref. HWJ/IL. Your ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.2/AD. (Handwritten) WST 24th October 1931. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Sirs, We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd inst., and would inform you that the sample speedometer recently submitted to you is designed to make 785 turns per mile. Yours faithfully, p.p. NORTH & SONS, LTD. [Signature] [Stamp] RECEIVED 28 OCT 1931 | ||