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 Alklum Storage Batteries Limited regarding their ALKLUM Steelblock battery and a potential trial.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\3\ img010 | |
| Date | 8th February 1937 | |
| 6122 ALKLUM STORAGE BATTERIES Limited Manufacturers of ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERIES WATERSIDE HALIFAX ENGLAND LONDON OFFICE: WINDSOR HOUSE 46 VICTORIA STREET LONDON, S.W.1 TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 1691 TELEGRAMS: ALKLUM, SOWEST, LONDON CABLE CODES A.B.C. 5TH EDITION MARCONI INTERNATIONAL WESTERN UNION TELEGRAMS "ALKLUM," HALIFAX DIRECTORS: GEORGE NORMANTON D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} W. SWIRE TELEPHONE 4771-2 HALIFAX BIF 1937 BIRMINGHAM ENGINEERING AND HARDWARE SECTION 15-26 FEBRUARY SEE OUR EXHIBIT Sales/TLB/DH{D. Henderson - Showroom}/ Eighth February 1937. Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. West. We beg to confirm our Mr. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Maughan's call upon you, and have to thank you for the courtesy extended to our representative by your Assistant. During the interview, our representative introduced to you our ALKLUM Steelblock battery. This is a battery put up in a steel container consisting of the requisite number of cells insulated from each other, of sufficient capacity to do any duty within its capacity. The battery is a new design and is manufactured under British Patent No. 394124, and the internal resistance has been reduced to such an extent that the battery is now capable of delivering the heaviest discharge currents and yet maintain at the terminals a P.D. equal to a lead acid battery. We have supplied a considerable number of these to Fire Brigades, Ambulances and similar people. During our Mr. Maughan's conversation with your Assistant, it was mentioned that it may be desirable to try one or two of | ||