Availability and dimensions of a suitable battery for a Buick car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\3\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 23th July 1919 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} c. to CJ. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 3/T23.7.19. RE BATTERY FOR BUICK CAR X.3314 In answer to your Rl/G2.7.19., we only have two 6-volt batteries, which are in use alternatively on the Packard Car, and will be until we get the dynamo back on the car, which will be in the course of a day or two. The overall dimensions of these batteries are as follows:- Willard battery - 14.5" long x 7.5" wide x 9.0" high. Other battery - 14.6" " x 7.4" " x 9.0" " Both these batteries would appear, from Mr. Elliott's sketch LeC.1109, to be two large for the Buick. It appears that we should have to obtain a new battery for this purpose. We assume from Mr. Elliott's sketch that the limiting dimensions would have to be about 11" long x 7.25" wide x 8.25" high. Shall we try and obtain a new battery which will suit these dimensions? EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} | ||
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).