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 about the potential manufacture of Bifocal bulbs for a Lucas P.100 lamp.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\1\ scan0381 | |
| Date | 27th October 1928 | |
| On Admiralty, War, India and Colonial Office Lists. THE BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON COMPANY LIMITED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS: RUGBY. TELEPHONE: Nº 286. CODES: A.B.C. BENTLEY'S GENERAL, LIEBER, LIEBER'S 5 LETTER, SCHOFIELD, WESTERN UNION AND WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS. "ASTEROIDAL, RUGBY" REGISTERED OFFICE: CROWN HOUSE, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.2 LONDON WORKS: NEASDEN LANE, WILLESDEN, N.W.10. BIRMINGHAM WORKS: BLACKHEATH, Nr BIRMINGHAM. COVENTRY WORKS: ALMA STREET, & LOWER FORD STREET. BRANCH OFFICES: BIRMINGHAM, BELFAST, BRISTOL, CARDIFF, DUBLIN, GLASGOW, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, LONDON: CROWN HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W.C.2 & 'MAZDA HOUSE', NEWMAN ST, OXFORD ST, W.1. MANCHESTER, MIDDLESBROUGH, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SHEFFIELD, SWANSEA. 27th October '28 RUGBY, PLEASE REPLY TO Lamp Sales DEPT. AND QUOTE REFERENCE AB-4308 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y . Dear Sirs, OUR ENQUIRY NO. 4864. We are in receipt of your enquiry ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/F7/R24/10/28. on bulbs suitable for a Lucas P.100 lamp, and we note that your enquiry is for Bifocal bulbs. We have however, up to the present not manufactured Bifocal lamps although we have manufactured lamps for Messrs. Lucas for their P.100 fitting. Should it however, be possible that you have obtained these lamps Byfocal and could furnish us with a sample of same, we would then submit same to our engineers for their comments. Yours faithfully, H.A. LINGARD MANAGER - LAMP DEPARTMENT Per AB/JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} [STAMP: RECEIVED 29 OCT 1928] | ||