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 Klaxon Limited regarding a delay in dispatching a sample Unit Heater Motor due to waiting for different brushes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0217 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1940 | |
| ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY LISTS. 1158 KLAXON ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS WORKS: BIRMINGHAM ESTABLISHED 1909 FRACTIONAL H.P. MOTORS . GEARED MOTOR UNITS . ROTARY CONVERTORS . GENERATORS . SPEED GOVERNORS TIME & FIRE SIGNALS & SYRENS . RELAYS . PROGRAMME RINGERS . STAFF LOCATORS . PUSH SWITCHES TELEGRAMS KLAXONET - LONDON TELEPHONE PARK 6661 (4 LINES) YOUR REF. ERm./ED{J. L. Edwards},6/GH. OUR REF. CRG/DH{D. Henderson - Showroom} KLAXON LIMITED 201 - HOLLAND PARK AVENUE LONDON - W - 11 DIRECTORS C. R.{Sir Henry Royce} GENTRY. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} T. COOK. SECRETARY: L.D. PEARCE. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited. DERBY. Third April 1940 (Wednesday) Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Edwards Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your letter dated 29th March under the above reference. The sample Unit Heater Motor is ready but despatch is being delayed because we wanted to substitute a different grade of Brush, which we have been daily expecting to receive from the manufacturers. These Brushes are now promised for Saturday next and if they arrive on this day, the Unit will be forwarded in time to reach you on Monday next, 8th April. Yours faithfully, KLAXON LIMITED. C.R. Gentry. Director. | ||