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).
Failure of Edison batteries and recommending Tudor batteries as a suitable alternative for the self-starter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\7\ B001_X15 20 46 50 59-page256 | |
| Date | 6th February 1914 | |
| To Na.{Mr Nadin} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X.50 COPY. CC -- X.50 . X607 . X979. RL/P 6.2.14. With reference to Edison batteries, Wilson here reports that one or two of them have gone wrong, leaking. These batteries altogether have not been a success in my opinion as batteries, and I should recommend that we spend no more money on them. As an alternative to the Exide Cell I understand the Tudor people are making quite a number of traction batteries, and this of course is the type of cell exactly inaccordance with the needs of the self starter, and I think would be worth while to get a battery from the Tudor people for this purpose to compare with the one you are getting from the Chloride people, the makers of the Exide cell. R.{Sir Henry Royce} X50 | ||