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 The Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd. regarding the supply of 12 volt lamps.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\3\ Scan192 | |
Date | 5th September 1919 | |
Telegrams and Cables: “EDISWAN, NOTTINGHAM.” Code: Western Union A.B.C. (5th Edition). Telephone: No. 4251. THE EDISON SWAN ELECTRIC Co., LTD. EDISWAN BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. KING GEORGE V.{VIENNA} AND ALSO TO H.M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Beastmarket Hill, Great Market Place, NOTTINGHAM. GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED ESTABLISHMENT Your Ref. Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/W6/R4919 Our Ref. W/B/5. Date 5/9/1919. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. S.D. RECEIVED 6 SEP 1919 Dear Sirs, X 3362 X 1114 We are in receipt of the 4th.,inst., we are sorry but we do not think it possible to supply you with 12 volt 12 watt Half Watt Lamps, the nearest we can offer would be 12 volt 24 watt. If these would be suitable we shall be glad to have your official order to enable us to despatch. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours faithfully, THE EDISON SWAN ELECTRIC CO.,LTD., District Superintendent. NOTE.—OWING TO THE ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OCCASIONED BY THE WAR ALL QUOTATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE, AND DELIVERIES OF ORDERS DEPENDENT ON SUPPLIES OF RAW MATERIALS AND LABOUR. ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY NOT INDIVIDUALS. | ||