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 a consulting engineer regarding delays and communications about Harrison Vee Bonded Core Radiator Blocks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\2\ scan0161 | |
| Date | 24th June 1933 | |
| LID{A. J. Lidsey} X4816. W.W. CONSTANTINE. CONSULTING ENGINEER. See me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 111, GROSVENOR ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. ENG. TEL: VICTORIA 3537-3538. 24th. June. 1933. (Dict. 23rd). Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. Dear Sirs, re: Harrison Vee Bonded Core Radiator Blocks. Reverting to your letter of the 11th. ultimo Refce. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/lid.{A. J. Lidsey}6/KT. I must apologise for the delay in writing you further on the above matter, and even now I am not in a position to give you any very definite information. Your letter of the 5th. ultimo to the Harrison Radiator Corporation was apparently referred by that body to one of our headquarter's officials who discussed the matter with the Export Company, who in turn, communicated with Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., asking if they could not fulfil your requirements. Unfortunately, of course, this has been just a waste of time because I had already discussed the matter with Mr. Bartlett of Vauxhall Motors Ltd., as explained in my letter to you of the 10th. ultimo. One result of the foregoing appears to be that our Patent Section has refrained from answering my letter on the subject, as presumably they would be advised that the Export Company was handling it through Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., I have now, | ||