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 Chloride Electrical Storage Co. Ltd. providing dimensions for various battery plates.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\4\ Scan264 | |
| Date | 25th April 1936 | |
| 86021. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY DEPOTS LONDON SHAFTESBURY AVE BIRMINGHAM DALE END MANCHESTER BRIDGE STREET BRISTOL BROADMEAD GLASGOW TUREEN STREET DUBLIN PEARSE STREET BELFAST FRANKLIN STREET Exide and Drydex BATTERIES (PROPRIETORS: THE CHLORIDE ELECTRICAL STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED) Exide WORKS, CLIFTON JUNCTION, NR. MANCHESTER TELEGRAMS: CHLORIDIC, PENDLEBURY CODES: BENTLEYS, LIEBERS, A.1. AND A.B.C. (4TH & 5TH EDITIONS) TELEPHONE: SWINTON 2011 (7 LINES) DEPOTS BOMBAY CALCUTTA CAPETOWN JOHANNESBERG SYDNEY CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z. COPENHAGEN PARIS BERLIN +++ SERVICE STATIONS 600 IN THE U.K. 3000 IN THE WORLD AES/EK:SLI. 25th April 1936. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, Derby. [Handwritten] WST Dear Sirs, Replying to your letter of the 23rd instant, ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.3/JH, we are sending to you under separate cover this morning, samples of the various plates and would advise that the dimensions are as follows:- R.R. TYPE BATTERY. Positive plate 14U 4.15/16" w.x 5½" H.x 5/32" T. Negative plate 14S -ditto- 1/8" thick. [Text struck through] & BENTLEY XHR BATTERY. [/Text struck through] * Positive plate 146 - 5.11/16" w, x 4⅞" H.x ⅛" T. Negative " 146 - -ditto- -ditto- [Typed text struck through and annotated by hand] [Handwritten annotation] PH III Type. XCM Positive 140 - 5.11/16" w.x 4⅞" H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} x 3/32" T. Negative 141 - -ditto- .09" T. Yours faithfully, For THE CHLORIDE ELECTRICAL STORAGE CO.LD. [Signature] A.E. Smith SALES DEPARTMENT. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||