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 London Midland and Scottish Railway Company arranging a meeting to discuss a new controller.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 60\3\ Scan176 | |
| Date | 11th October 1932 | |
| 1-2/32. X6092 E.R.O. 45937. LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY. Telephone— DERBY 1100. Ext.____ Telegrams— “PURVES, c/o BESLINE, DERBY.” CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT TO CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER FOR CARRIAGES AND WAGONS. OUR REFERENCE. G/a.{Mr Adams} P4/19/2. YOUR REFERENCE. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/West.3/AD. DERBY. 11th October, 1932. Dear Mr. West, I have received your letter of the 5th instant and am sorry I have been so long in replying to same. If you could come over I will ask my Electrical Assistant, Mr. Tailby, to explain the merits of the new controller as compared with the more usual vibrator regulator. If you will let me know, either by phone or in writing, when you can do this, I will make the necessary arrangements. Yours faithfully, J Purves H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} West Esq., Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. | ||