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).
Correspondence quoting a letter from North & Sons Ltd. about a noisy magneto being sent for inspection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 48\2\ Scan269 | |
| Date | 27th April 1925 | |
| X 8796 By from Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} c. to EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} c. to HB. {C. E. Harcombe} Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} 1/NJ/27.4.25. Referring to yours By1/HL2.3.25, we are now in receipt of a letter from North & Sons Ltd. dated 25th inst. as follows:- "In reply to your letter of the 16th inst. "regarding the magneto with ground pole shoes and "ground sleeve, we beg to say that this magneto "is being despatched to you today marked "For the "attention of Mr Bailey", as arranged in our "conversation over the telephone with your Mr.R.W. "Harvey Bailey this morning. "As explained in our conversation, we are not "satisfied with the results obtained as we find "the noise arising from movement of the sleeve "under armature re-action greater than with "sleeves fitted in the usual way, but are sending "the magneto for your inspection, and shall be "pleased to receive any suggestions you may have "to offer after you have examined the magneto." Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} [Stamp: RECEIVED 2- MAY 1925] | ||