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 Falcon Accumulator Co. confirming the delivery and specifications of a 12-volt accumulator for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\4\ img181 | |
| Date | 29th October 1934 | |
| FALCON ACCUMULATOR CO. PROPRIETORS - HENNEN EDGELOW & CO (1920) LTD. FALCON WORKS, OAK END WAYE, GERRARD'S CROSS, BUCKS TELEPHONE:- GERRARDS CROSS 558 TELEGRAMS:- FALFOR CODE A.B.C. 5th EDITION AWARDS EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE LIEGE - MÉDAILLE D'ARGENT EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE LUXEMBOURG - DIPLÔME D'HONNEUR OUR REF AW/JF YOUR REF. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/WST/33MA. 29th October, 1934. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Confirming the delivery of a 12 volt 85 ampere hour (at the 20 hour rate) Accumulator to you, we beg to assure you that this is entirely at your service for any test you may see fit to give it, and shall look forward to receiving a report from you in due course. After this time you are at liberty to leave the Accumulator in a discharged condition for six months, as suggested by you, and then again to test it. The dimensions of the plates used in our cells are as follows:- 4 7/8" High, 5 5/8" wide, positive 3 m.m. thick, and negative 2 1/2 m.m. thick. The Specific gravity of acid, when fully charged, is 12.80: Charging rate 6 amps. Should there be any further information you desire please be assured that we are entirely at your service. Yours faithfully, Williams [Handwritten notes] V6122. WST | ||