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).
Correspondence regarding a replacement distributor block for a Watford Aero Magneto and plans for a new rubber-based design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\4\ Scan040 | |
| Date | 22th December 1926 | |
| EFC. from Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} auto to CE/Dr. [strikethrough] X4021 Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}3/NJ22.12.26. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Stamp: RECEIVED 22 XII 26] X.4021 - Watford Aero Magneto I.S.12. Referring to EFC1/T14.12.26, we are in receipt of a letter from North & Sons Ltd. as follows:- "In reply to your letter of the 14th inst. in which "you advise us that you are returning the distributor "from magneto No. 83137, we beg to say that a new "distributor block is being prepared which we hope to "despatch early tomorrow. Recd. "We are designing a distributor block for these "magnetos to be made in rubber base material and this "modification will be pushed forward as rapidly as "possible." 2. Recd on 83119/20. When the new distributor block referred to by Norths arrives here, will Dn. please arrange that same is handed to EFC. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} [signature] | ||