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).
The return and modernization of three A.T. speedometers to suit different axle ratios.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\4\ Scan073 | |
| Date | 20th January 1925 | |
| To Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} /Ms. from hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BP. c. to Mr. Chatwin. X4308 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG20.1.25. We are sending into the Stores :- 3 A.T. Speedometers - Nos. 12857 12809 11520 Will you please return these to the makers and ask them to modernize them to suit our latest 40/50 speedometer drive in the Gearbox. We should like - one suitable for 16/52 axle ratio. one suitable for 15/52 axle ratio, and one suitable for 14/52 axle ratio. Will you please issue the necessary instructions to Stores for them to be despatched to the makers. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||