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 O.S. Speedometer Co. Ltd. regarding a new gauge for a tank to be submitted for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\2\ scan0191 | |
| Date | 12th February 1927 | |
| X-4039 THE O.{Mr Oldham} S. SPEEDOMETER CO. LTD. 3-6, Alfred Place, Tottenham Court Road, London, W.C.1. Code used: BENTLEY'S A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. SPEEDOMETERS, MILEAGE RECORDERS, MOTOR CLOCKS, TACHOMETERS, PETROL GAUGES, AND BICYCLE SPEEDOMETERS. Telephone: MUSEUM 1601 and 1602. Cables and Telegrams: OSPEEMETER, WESTCENT, LONDON. Reference: PP/EM/398. O.S. 12th February 1927. Messrs. Rolls Royce Limited, Derby. Your ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG. Dear Sirs, We have the pleasure to inform you that our representative Mr.Oldfield of Birmingham will call/ unless we hear from you that it will not be convenient - Thursday next at your offices to submit the new gauge we have arranged for your tank. In the meantime you will receive the tank you so kindly lent us for testing purposes which, with your approval, we cut and resoldered as the new gauge is placed exactly in the middle of the tank. As you will see from the instrument Mr.Oldfield will bring you the fitting is exceedingly simple and the gauge itself strong and very reliable. For more clearness we are attaching herewith a concise explanation of the working of the gauge in question and which we ask you to test. It is of course quite understood that the manometer is only a sample and that it could be supplied to you in any size or form with any inscription you may wish to order on the dial. Trusting that you will extend your usual courtesy to our representative and thanking you in advance, We are, Yours faithfully, THE O.S.SPEEDOMETER CO.LTD. Managing Director. | ||