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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).
Whether to manufacture electrical accessories in-house or license designs, prompted by the reliability of Bosch products.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\3\  scan0042
Date  1st February 1929
  
SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from R.{Sir Henry Royce}
c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to EFC. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

X3594
R4/M23. 2.29.

ACCESSORIES OF HIGEST QUALITY. X.3594 X.4478

I should like our management to consider
whether it would pay us to make any further electrical
accessories in our Electrical Dept., either from our
own designs or get licenses.

It comes about from DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}'s memo, referring
to electric screen wipers and horns, Bosch of Germany being
apparently the only satisfactory design and reliable make.
Personally I fear we should not get through sufficient in
number, and we might only assemble the mass made parts.

Would SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} like Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} and BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to look at a model?

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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