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 Attwater & Sons regarding the examination of drawings, the creation of a mould, and the delivery of samples.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0286 | |
| Date | 7th February 1938 | |
| REG. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: ATTWATERS, PRESTON Codes: 5th & 6th Edition and 5 Letter "A.B.C." Western Union, Bentleys and Marconi. On Admiralty and War Office Lists. ESTABLISHED 1868. TELEPHONE 4045-6 (two lines). ATTWATER & SONS. RICHARD ATTWATER. FREDERICK ATTWATER. ERNEST ATTWATER. HARRY ATTWATER. W. C. ATTWATER. RICHARD ATTWATER, JUNR. Hopwood St Mills, PRESTON, ENGLAND. All orders are accepted subject to supplies of the necessary raw materials being obtainable and at the price at which they were contracted for, also to there being sufficient amount of labour. ALL OFFERS SUBJECT UNSOLD AND MARKET FLUCTUATIONS. R7004. 7th Feb/38. RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}7 MH.{M. Huckerby} Dear Sirs, Yours dated Feb. 4th. We thank you. We have examined the drawings and have no fault to find with the design. We will put a mould in hand at once and let you have delivery of the 6 samples in a few days after receipt of the inserts. We are sending on a sample gear Ford type 48/6256. We do not want this back. Yours truly, Attwater & Sons. Attention Mr. F.J.Hardy, Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. | ||