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 Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. confirming an estimate and order for bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\1\ scan0033 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1937 | |
| HOFFMANN Registered Trade Mark TELEPHONE 3151 (5 lines) TELEGRAMS HOFFMANN CHELMSFORD CODES USED: A.B.C. 5th EDITION, BENTLEY PHRASE, BENTLEY 2nd PHRASE, MARCONI AND WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER. BRANCHES: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, GLASGOW. AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS STEEL BALLS AND ROLLERS THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND INDIA OFFICE. CHELMSFORD. MESSRS. ROLLS ROYCE LTD. DERBY. Handwritten: FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 3rd September, 1937. YOUR REF. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}9/AP IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. JED/FC/101156A Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 24th August, addressed for the attention of our Technical Manager, Mr. C.H.Smith. We have put an estimate in hand, covering 200 of the bearings to which you refer, and have also entered an order for three; our quotation for both these quantities will be submitted with the least possible delay. Meanwhile, assuring you of our best attention at all times, we remain, Yours faithfully, THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING CO.LTD. | ||