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 responding to queries about a petrol gauge, speedometer design, and sample layout delivery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\2\ scan0303 | |
| Date | 26th June 1934 | |
| 86138. CONTRACTORS TO ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING [EMBLEM: ENGINEERING AND ALLIED EMPLOYERS' NATIONAL FEDERATION 1932] TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 3333 (20 LINES) TELEGRAMS: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE, LONDON. [LOGO: SMITHS (MP) REGISTERED TRADE MARK] S. Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd CABLES: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON. CODES: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL, BENTLEY'S. 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 LIVERY ST BIRMINGHAM 14A, JACKSONS ROW DEANSGATE MANCHESTER 21, DRURY STREET GLASGOW DUBLIN & BELFAST CRICKLEWOOD WORKS LONDON, N.W.2 Please quote our reference: S.l. SALES DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. 26th June 1934. WST Messrs. Rolls Royce Ld, DERBY. Attention of Mr. H.E. West. Dear Sirs, We beg to acknowledge receipt of yours of yesterday's date Ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.2/MA. Regarding the six queries which you raise, items 1 and 2 were taken care of in our letters to you yesterday. Item 3: A sample Petrol Gauge with warning light is in course of preparation and we hope to have same completed in time for despatch to you in approximately one week. Item 4: Regarding your suggestions to lessen interference in the new design of A.T. Speedometer, we are taking up this matter with the Patent Office, although we are a little afraid the idea is not patentable. Item 5: Concerning delivery of the sample layout, Mr. Dorer anticipates this will be available in approximately fourteen days. (Continued)... | ||