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).
Extract concerning a report on American chassis parts and the decision to replace thermometers with thermostat controls.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\1\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 16th March 1920 | |
| x.3568 Extract from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG16.3.20. X.3903. REPORT ON American chassis parts. X.3568 X.3568. We wish to make it clear that as soon as we have perfected the Thermostat Control for the water system, Mr. Royce wishes to abandon fitting a Thermometer. We anticipate that all chassis cbuilt in America will be fitted with a Thermometer Control. We are at present testing out the R-R scheme. | ||