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 Ferranti Ltd. declining to quote for an instrument to test ignition coils.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\5\ img308 | |
| Date | 4th October 1937 | |
| 6017 ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY FERRANTI LTD ELECTRICAL & GENERAL ENGINEERS. HOLLINWOOD. JC/MK.{R. E. B. Meade-King} LANCASHIRE. TELEGRAMS: FERRANTI HOLLINWOOD TELEPHONE: FAILSWORTH 2000 (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE.) TELEX: FAILSWORTH TELEX 1900. LONDON OFFICE: BUSH HOUSE, W.C.2. TELEGRAMS: FERRANTI BUSH LONDON TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 6666. 4th October, 1937. Messrs Rolls-Royce Limited, D E R B Y. Your Ref Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RG{Mr Rowledge} 6/MH.{M. Huckerby} Our Ref 981/GC. Dear Sirs, TESTING OF IGNITION COILS. ------------------------- We thank you for your enquiry of the 2nd instant but regret that as we do not manufacture any type of instrument which will operate satisfactorily on the very peaky wave form obtained on ignition coils, we must ask to be excused from quoting in this instance. Trusting to be of service to you on some future occasion. We are, Yours faithfully, FERRANTI LIMITED. Instrument Sales Department. | ||