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 regarding a request to reduce the diameter of the 5' Bentley instruments and submit an experimental Rev-Clock.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan348 | |
| Date | 6th February 1934 | |
| 86051 The A.T. SPEEDOMETER Co., Ltd. A.T. [logo] MAGNETIC SPEEDOMETERS & MOTOR CLOCKS. REVOLUTION INDICATORS FOR MOTOR CARS, MOTOR BOATS, AND ENGINES, MILEAGE RECORDERS, ETC. [SMMT logo] THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD DIRECTORS. W. Henderson-Cleland. A.{Mr Adams} Gordon Smith. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} R.{Sir Henry Royce} Buckland. CHRONOS WORKS, NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD, LONDON. N.W.2. Telephone: GLADSTONE 1136 (4 Lines). Telegrams: Aytespeedo, Crickle, London. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.2/MA. PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. HRB/B. 6th February, 1934. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. WST Dear Sirs, In reply to your favour of the 5th inst., and Mr. West's conversation with the writer on the subject of endeavours to reduce the diameter of the present 5" Bentley instruments, we will, as requested, submit as soon as possible an experimental Rev-Clock of the smallest diameter possible; this we anticipate will not be less than 4 1/2", but we will, of course, take all possible steps to make it smaller, if we can. Always at your service, We beg to remain, Yours faithfully, For THE A.T. SPEEDOMETER CO. LTD., G R Buckland Director. | ||