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 A.T. Speedometer Co. regarding a failed trip recorder on a speedometer after a 20,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan175 | |
| Date | 19th August 1932 | |
| The A.T. SPEEDOMETER Co., Ltd. MAGNETIC SPEEDOMETERS & MOTOR CLOCKS. REVOLUTION INDICATORS FOR MOTOR CARS, MOTOR BOATS, AND ENGINES, MILEAGE RECORDERS, ETC. CHRONOS WORKS, NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD, LONDON. N.W.2. DIRECTORS. W. Henderson-Cleland. A.{Mr Adams} Gordon Smith. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} R.{Sir Henry Royce} Buckland. YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.12/KT. PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. HRB/B. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. Telephone: GLADSTONE 1136 (4 Lines). Telegrams: Aytespeedo, Crickle, London. Handwritten note top centre: X6051b 9 / 6 19th August, 1932. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. Handwritten note over text: WST Stamp: RECEIVED 20 AUG 1932 Dear Sirs, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 17th inst., with information regarding the 20,000 miles test on the speedometer with the suggested new type of total mileage. It is really most regrettable that the trip of this instrument gave trouble, because, as a matter of fact, since this type of trip recorder has been used, troubles in that direction are practically non-existant. It is interesting to note, however, that that part of the instrument which we are recommending for permission to change has evidently functioned perfectly, and that it is the existing part of the instrument which has failed. I am proceeding on holiday this week-end, but I am asking Mr. Lenoir, whom Mr. West has met, to contact with you on this matter, in an effort to obtain your very kind permission to make this change and explain to you the reason for the fault of the trip recorder, after he has carefully examined the instrument which is being returned. Yours faithfully, For THE A.T. SPEEDOMETER CO. LTD (Signature of H R Buckland) Director. | ||