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.T. Speedometer Co. Ltd confirming that speedometers can be supplied with anticlockwise rotation at no extra cost.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img288 | |
| Date | 11th November 1940 | |
| A.T. SPEEDOMETER Co., LTD. Chronos Works, NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD, LONDON, N.W.2. Telephone: GLADSTONE 1136 (5 lines) Telegrams: AYTESPEEDO, PHONE LONDON. Directors: W. Henderson-Cleland. Sir Allan Gordon-Smith. D.L. Ralph Gordon-Smith. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} R.{Sir Henry Royce} Buckland. Instrument Specialists On Admiralty Approved List for supply of Tachometers, Revolution Indicators, Counters, Speedometers, etc. Your Ref. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}7./ET Please quote our Ref. AFA/LAH. RP 1517 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Childs Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. 11th.November 1940. For the attention of Mr.Robotham. Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your esteemed favour of the 6th.inst. and in reply would state that it is quite in order for Speedometers to be supplied with anticlockwise rotation instead of clockwise without any extra cost. Yours faithfully, pp. A.T.Speedometer Co.Ltd. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. | ||