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 A.T. Speedometer Co. regarding a faulty Bentley Speedometer trip function.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan422 | |
| Date | 24th July 1934 | |
| 86051 The A.T. SPEEDOMETER Co., Ltd. A.T. 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. YOUR REF. PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. HRB/DC.. 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. 24th July, 1934. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. WST Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr.West. Mr.Manwaring brought back with him a Bentley Speedometer on which the Trip was not working, and upon examination it was found that one of the screws holding the Trip in position was not tight home. The Trip had moved sufficiently for both the Drive and the re-set Spindle to come out of gear. No harm had been done to the instrument, and the screw in question was simply tightened up. The instrument has been carefully tested, and is being returned to you today. It is a remarkable thing to us that an instrument should pass all our tests in this way. The screw might not have been dead tight during our tests, and the Trip might conceivably have moved slightly after the tests - perhaps during transit to your Works. This particular trouble is one that has never, to our knowledge, arisen before, and we shall certainly take all the necessary steps to see that it does not occur again. Always at your service, We beg to remain, Yours faithfully, For THE A.T.SPEEDOMETER CO.LTD. H R Buckland Director. RECEIVED JUL 25 1934 | ||