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 S. Smith & Sons regarding the dispatch of an Automatic Jet Control unit on loan.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\1\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 4th August 1938 | |
| 105 1038 CONTRACTORS TO ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING ENGINEERING AND ALLIED EMPLOYERS NATIONAL FEDERATION TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 3333 (20 LINES) TELEGRAMS: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE, LONDON. CABLES: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON. CODES: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL, BENTLEY'S. S.Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd CRICKLEWOOD WORKS LONDON, N.W.2 BRANCHES AT PARIS MILAN SYDNEY WELLINGTON AGENCIES AND SERVICE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES SHOWROOMS & DEPOTS 179-185 GT PORTLAND ST LONDON, W.1. 26-33, COX ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} LIVERY ST BIRMINGHAM. 14a, JACKSONS ROW DEANSGATE MANCHESTER. 21, DRURY STREET GLASGOW DUBLIN & BELFAST Please quote our reference: S.10 Your Ref: RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}3/JH 4th August, 1938. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. C.T. Salt We thank you for your letter of the 2nd inst. and as requested have pleasure in informing you that we are today instructing our Contracts Department to despatch one Automatic Jet Control, our Code X.29963 of the original design employing the rolling rubber gland ring used to form the seal on the centre spindle in place of the bellows at present employed. The above unit is being despatched to you on loan account for a period of four weeks. Yours faithfully, p.p. S. SMITH & SONS (MOTOR ACCESSORIES) LIMITED. A.H. Perkins. WP. To avoid delay all envelopes should be addressed to the firm. | ||