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 Negretti & Zambra following up on the non-receipt of an Acrometer for examination.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\1\ Scan081 | |
| Date | 17th September 1924 | |
| X.3695 NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, OPTICIANS and SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS. HEAD OFFICE: 38, HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.C.1. BRANCHES: 5, LEADENHALL ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong},E.C.3. 122, REGENT ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, W.1. FACTORY: HALF MOON WORKS, BARNSBURY, N.1. OVERSEAS 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. CABLE: NEGRETTI, LONDON. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: NEGRETTI, CENT, LONDON. TELEPHONE: HOLBORN 960. (TWO LINES) 38, HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, E.C.1 [STAMP] PLEASE QUOTE REF: GAUGE DEPT. 17th Sept.1924 Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road Derby. Dear Sirs, Your ref.: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG. Your favour of 8th instant duly reached us and we have been waiting for the ACROMETER to come to hand so that we might examine it. Up to the moment of writing you we have received nothing, and as time is passing we thought it as well to advise you of this. We are, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA Per R.G.Ford [Signature] | ||