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 an accumulator manufacturer regarding the dispatch of a new sample battery and its capacity curve.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\5\ Scan057 | |
| Date | 17th July 1919 | |
| 3398 Manufacturers of P. & R.{Sir Henry Royce} Accumulators. Established 1889. Victoria & Greville Works, Ashtead, Surrey THE NEW PETO & RADFORD ACCUMULATOR CO LTD Electrical Engineers MANAGING DIRECTORS WILLIAM PETO M.I.E.E. G.R.N. MINCHIN M.A. 12, HEDDON STREET REGENT STREET LONDON W.1 TELEPHONE REGENT 2576 TELEGRAMS "CONCENTRATION REG. LONDON" REF. M/C. J.1977 17th July, 1919. [STAMP: RECEIVED] Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Fowler Clark. We have sent you the new sample accumulator to-day, fully charged and trust it will arrive safely. We enclose a capacity curve taken from the actual battery showing a discharge of 6 amperes for 10 hours. We regret delay in sending which has been caused by congestion at our Works. We should be glad if you would let us know your opinion of this sample in due course. Yours faithfully, THE NEW PETO & RADFORD ACCUMULATOR CO. LTD. [Signature: G R N Minchin] MANAGING DIRECTOR. ENCL. | ||