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 The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. regarding an oversight in a bearing shipment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0328 | |
| Date | 29th October 1937 | |
| 202 HOFFMANN Registered Trade Mark BRANCHES: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, GLASGOW. AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. TELEPHONE: 3151 (Five Lines) TELEGRAMS: HOFFMANN, CHELMSFORD CODES USED: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION, BENTLEY PHRASE, MARCONI AND WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS STEEL BALLS AND ROLLERS THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND INDIA OFFICE. MESSRS. ROLLS-ROYCE LTD., DERBY. CHELMSFORD. 29th October, 1937 YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}/8/MH.{M. Huckerby} IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. JB/DH{D. Henderson - Showroom} Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of October 27th and upon checking over this transaction regret to find that we sent you one bearing only on October 27th. We are sending a further brg under separate cover by post this evening and trust that this oversight will cause you no serious inconvenience. Yours faithfully, THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD. U.S.C.1 - R.135 LL | ||