Letter to Brittania Batteries Ltd. declining their proposal for a 12-volt alkaline battery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\4\ img214 | |
| Date | 1st November 1935 | |
| 46122. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.19/MA. 1st November, 1935. Messrs.Brittania Batteries, Ltd., Union Street, Redditch, WORCESTER. Dear Sirs, Replying to your letter of the 28th instant reference SM/LHG/W we do not consider it is physically possible to produce a 12 volt alkaline battery of the same electrical capacity, internal resistance, weight, volume and price which could compete with a lead-acid battery. We have been into this question very thoroughly previously and the above was our conclusion. Our standard battery has an average life of 5 to 6 years. Unless therefore you have something more attractive than other Nickel-Cadmium batteries we are afraid that it would not serve any useful purpose for your representative to visit us. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||
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).