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).
Despatch note for a speedometer being returned for overhaul and adjustment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img249 | |
| Date | 17th May 1940 | |
| X 635 Please make suitable for a Bentley car. 110 miles per hr scale R.P. mile 730 6065 To D/BP. from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CP. c. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/PC. c. G/Rb.{R. Bowen} d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CP.3/SW.17.5.40. O/52444. We hand you herewith :- 1 Speedometer No. X635 (calibration 730 revs/mile) Will you please despatch this to:- Messrs. A.T. Speedometer Co., Ltd., Chronus Works, North Circular Road, London N.W.2. Addressed for the attention of Mr. Arrowsmith. This instrument is being returned for overhaul and adjustment and should be charged to the above order number. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CP. | ||