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).
Arrangements and price for a sample distance thermometer supplied by Messrs. Negretti & Zambra.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\1\ Scan063 | |
| Date | 5th December 1923 | |
| Y3695 To ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/T5.12.23. RE DISTANCE THERMOMETER. With reference to our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG8.3.23, could you please give us some information as to the arrangements under which Messrs. Negretti & Zambra supplied us with a sample distance thermometer. Could you let us know if they quoted any price for this instrument when they forwarded it, as we are thinking of purchasing same. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||