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 regarding a sample battery for testing as a substitute for a standard Bentley battery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\4\ img242 | |
| Date | 9th June 1936 | |
| ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY 86122 THE Chloride ELECTRICAL STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED TELEPHONES:- SWINTON 2011 (7 LINES) TELEGRAMS:- CHLORIDIC, PENDLEBURY. CODES:- BENTLEY'S, LIEBER'S, A.I. AND A.B.C. (4TH & 5TH EDITIONS) [Stamp: NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN] [Stamp: FEDERATION OF BRITISH INDUSTRIES FBI INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER] EXIDE WORKS, CLIFTON JUNCTION, Nr MANCHESTER. LONDON OFFICE, 137, VICTORIA STREET, S.W.1. OUR REFERENCE ECM/LJ. YOUR REFERENCE Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.7/JH. 9th June, 1936. Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Limited, Derby. For attention of Mr.H.E.West. Dear Sirs, We beg to acknowledge due receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo. We at once put in hand a sample battery for you to test out as a possible substitute for the present standard Bentley 6-MHR{M. H. Rigby}9 battery. The type and number of the new battery is 6-XTHR9, and the battery will be delivered in a fully charged condition. It would have been sent before this but for the intervening Whitsun holidays. Yours faithfully, THE CHLORIDE ELECTRICAL STORAGE COMPANY, LTD. eomorlinson Chief Engineer. Handwritten notes: WST J.J 6XHRS | ||