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 Rotherham & Sons Ltd enclosing a drawing for a radiator overflow valve and providing a price.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\2\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 9th November 1938 | |
| File Radiators general. WSA / 280 ESTABLISHED 1750. TELEGRAMS: ROTHERHAMS, COVENTRY. TELEPHONE: 4154 (2 LINES) CODES: MARCONI INTERNATIONAL BENTLEYS (5th EDITION) A.B.C. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, COVENTRY. ROTHERHAM & SONS LTD WATCH MAKERS & ENGINEERS, PRECISION INSTRUMENT MAKERS COVENTRY. WLM/WS. LONDON OFFICE: I, HOLBORN CIRCUS, E.C.I. TELEGRAMS: TRIPPLIN, SMITH, LONDON. TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 8961. ALSO AT LA {L. A. Archer} CHAUX-DE-FONDS SWITZERLAND. AGENCIES: SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, WELLINGTON, CAPETOWN, JOHANNESBURG, DURBAN, NAIROBI, BARCELONA, MADRID, TOKIO, STOCKHOLM, COLOGNE, BUENOS AIRES, INDIA. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd. DERBY. 9th November. 1938. Your Ref: Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Std.1/MH. {M. Huckerby} Dear Sirs, With reference to your letter of the 26th ult. we now have pleasure in enclosing drawing of Radiator Overflow Valve arranged to operate in the opposite direction to the sample already sent to you, and we should be glad to know whether this type would be likely to meet your requirements. Actually, we have not produced this, but it can be made from the present stamping. The price for these would be 9d each nett in quantities as specified. Yours faithfully, ROTHERHAM & SONS LTD. Engineering Department Enc. | ||