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 M.C.L. and Repetition Ltd. responding to an enquiry for a small three-way switch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0184 | |
| Date | 19th February 1940 | |
| 1158 PH/EDWARDS CONTRACTORS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. TELEPHONE: BROADWELL 1115 (4 LINES) TELEGRAMS: "KARLYTEKO, LANGLEYWORCS." M.C.L. AND REPETITION LTD MANUFACTURERS OF 'MOTOR CAR LIGHTING' EQUIPMENT AND AUTO TURNED 'REPETITION' PRODUCTS. POOL LANE, LANGLEY, BIRMINGHAM. BRANCH WORKS: CROMWELL STREET KATE'S HILL DUDLEY TELEPHONE: DUDLEY 3079 SALES OFFICES: LONDON: MILLBANK HOUSE, 2 WOOD STREET WESTMINSTER, LONDON. S.W.1. TELEPHONE: ABBEY 4810 GLASGOW: 65 WEST REGENT STREET GLASGOW, C.2 TELEPHONE: DOUGLAS 2398 DIRECTORS: F.J. HOLMES, M.I.E.E. E.S. NEW, M.I.E.E. H.M. DRAKE. J.E. NAISMITH, A.M.I.E.E. PLEASE WRITE SEPARATE LETTERS ON SEPARATE SUBJECTS. OUR REF. JDB/ME. DUDLEY. YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}9/GH. 13.2.40. February 19th,1940. Messrs.Rolls-Royce,Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for yours of the 13th inst., enquiring for a small three way switch and must first of all apologise for the fact that owing to the absence of the writer, there has been some little delay in dealing with this matter. We have not actually in production a switch that we could send to you and which is likely to meet your requirements without any modification, but we think that we could quite easily evolve from standard parts that we have in production a switch to suit your requirements. In the small booklet enclosed you will find illustrated one of our standard switchboards, which embodies a rotary switch giving three positions, in addition to the "off" position. The print also enclosed shows the construction of this switchboard and we think that we should have no difficulty in building the part of the switch that you would require for your purpose, as a small compact unit. In order that we may send you details of our suggestion in this respect, we should be glad if you could give us the following information:- | ||