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 North & Sons, Ltd. regarding the despatch of a Watford 100 M.P.H. Magnetic Speedometer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\4\ img108 | |
| Date | 5th October 1931 | |
| WST X6129 THE BRITISH MADE Watford SPEEDOMETERS. & MAGNETOS. NORTH & SONS, LTD. WHIPPENDELL ROAD, WATFORD. TELEPHONES: LONDON 1346 GERRARD WORKS: WATFORD, 4422 (2 Lines) TELEGRAMS: ABROMAGS WESTCENT LONDON. ABROMAGS WATFORD. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY, CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, INDIA OFFICE. Ref. CHK/IL Your ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.3/AD. 5th October 1931. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Sirs, Watford 100 M.P.H. Magnetic Speedometer. We thank you for your letter of the 3rd instant and are pleased to inform you that we shall be able to despatch an instrument with a suitable dial for fitting to an experimental chassis by the end of the present week which we hope will be in time to meet your requirements. Yours faithfully, p.p. NORTH & SONS LIMITED. [Signature] Managing Director. | ||