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 confirming a telegram regarding an instrument with a non-interfering magnet being sent for trial.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan441 | |
| Date | 24th October 1934 | |
| x60511 The A.T. SPEEDOMETER Co., Ltd. MAGNETIC SPEEDOMETERS & MOTOR CLOCKS REVOLUTION INDICATORS FOR MOTOR CARS, MOTOR BOATS, AND ENGINES, MILEAGE RECORDERS, ETC. DIRECTORS. W. Henderson-Cleland. A.{Mr Adams} Gordon Smith. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} R.{Sir Henry Royce} Buckland. CHRONOS WORKS, NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD, LONDON, N.W.2. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. Telephone: GLADSTONE 1136 (4 Lines). Telegrams: Aytespeedo, Crickle, London. YOUR REF. PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. AFA/LAH Mr. Manwaring. 24th.October 1934 Dear Sir, We confirm our telegram to you as under; "Rolls-Royce instrument at Derby Station, to be called for instructions in parcel" This instrument is purely for Mr.West to try out for the non-interfering magnet, it is calibrated 1 - 1, size of the case is not the exact size but we shall produce cases exactly as those which they are at present having, i.e. overall flange diameter 3.850 - fixing diameter 3.590. This we understand will be exactly the same measurement which Mr.Dorer will be using for the clock. Yours faithfully, pp. A.T.Speedometer Co.,Ltd., A.J.Arrowsmith | ||