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 instrument makers Negretti & Zambra concerning the overhaul, testing, and potential trial of a Dial Thermometer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\1\ Scan060 | |
| Date | 26th November 1923 | |
| NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, OPTICIANS AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS. X3695 HEAD OFFICE: 38,HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.C.1. BRANCHES: 5, LEADENHALL ST.E.C.3. 122,REGENT ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, W.1. FACTORY: HALF MOON WORKS, BARNSBURY, N.1. FOREIGN BRANCHES: BRUSSELS, OTTAWA, TORONTO, VANCOUVER. FOUNDED 1850. HIGHEST AWARDS AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS OF LONDON 1851, LONDON 1862, PARIS 1878, PARIS 1900, BRUSSELS 1910, TURIN 1911, GHENT 1913. Ref CHH/WB.{Mr Brazier/Mr Bell} CABLE: NEGRETTI, LONDON. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: NEGRETTI,CENT,LONDON. TELEPHONE: HOLBORN 960. (TWO LINES) 38, HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, E.C.1 26th. Novr. 1923 Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RmL/LG. In reply to your letter of the 22nd. inst. Ref. as above, we would say that the Dial Thermometer has been taken down and thoroughly overhauled. At the present moment it is undergoing test, and if satisfactory, we hope to despatch in 10 days. We would refer you to our letter of the 23rd. ult. in which we asked you to let us know how you wished us to treat this matter. Is it your wish that we pass you our Invoice, or do you wish to have the instrument on trial? Awaiting your favours, Yours faithfully, NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA. | ||