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 accumulator manufacturer Peto & Radford discussing sample battery plates for Bentley and Rolls Royce types.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\4\ Scan244 | |
| Date | 7th February 1936 | |
| 86021. TELEPHONE: RAINHAM 34. TELEGRAMS: (ESSEX) LONDON OFFICE: 50, GROSVENOR GARDENS, S.W.1 Manufacturers of Accumulators for over 50 years. PETO & RADFORD Proprietors - Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company Ltd. WORKS DAGENHAM DOCK, ESSEX. YOUR REF_________ OUR REF ESC/MH.{M. Huckerby} 7th February 1936. Rolls Royce Limited, DERBY. For the attention of Mr. West. WST Dear Sirs, We are posting to you today sample plates as requested at our meeting this morning:- HZ. Positive & HZ. Negative. These are the types which we propose to use in the light weight Bentley battery. BPHL Positive, & G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Negative. These are the types used on the existing Bentley and Rolls Royce types. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Positive. This is a similar positive to the Exide XCM. Positive, whilst the G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Negative mentioned above is a similar plate to the Exide XCM. Negative. We propose to write to you in the course of a post or so, confirming all the various points which were discussed at the meeting. Yours faithfully, PETO & RADFORD. F.S. Chapman | ||