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 supplier W.T. Glover & Co Ltd concerning the dispatch and particulars of flexible cable orders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\2\ img012 | |
| Date | 23th September 1919 | |
| R.R. 235a (500 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17.) Bm. W158/13. X.802. COPY. W.T. GLOVER & CO LTD., TRAFFORD PARK, MANCHESTER 23rd. September 1919. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. Dear Sirs, Order 1777. Flexible cable. Referring to your letter of the 22nd. inst we were able to get away quantities of items 2, 3, and 7 yesterday (Monday); items 6 and 8, we are trying to get away to-morrow (Wednesday) or Thursday. Referring to your telephone enquiry of this morning (Tuesday), the following particulars were given you this afternoon:- E.O.D. of item (6) on above order 465 mils. E.O.D. " " (7) 3 core flexible. 520 mils. E.O.D. " " (8) 4 core 620 mils. E.O.D. 110/25's on your order 2130, 416 mils. All the above diameters are approximate. Yours faithfully, for W.T. GLOVER & CO LTD. | ||