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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).
Informational document about the new 'Intensive' high-performance, non-dazzling, and automatically-steered headlight.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61a\3\  scan0098
Date  8th July 1935 guessed
  
„INTENSIVE“

the new
high-performance head-light,
absolutely non-dazzling with automatically - steered light-beam (curve-light) and extremely intensive far- and near-light, most simple in construction, using only one ordinary bulb.

Why is this a new headlight?

Headlights have doubtlessly been much improved during the last few years. But the ideal and satisfactorily working headlight, which, once put in action needs no further attention or operation is still uninvented, headlights therefore that require no dimming against on-coming cars, which are non-dazzling and give off powerful near- and far-light whose light automatically adjusts itself in going round corners thereby illuminating both sides of the road, without depending on expensive, power-using mechanisms which are subjects to disturbances.

All these advantages are offered in this newly constructed „Intensive“ headlight which has a number of additional advantages as compared with ordinary headlights.

What is the „Intensive“ headlight’s performance?

By collecting all beams emitted by its source and throwing them all in the required direction the „Intensive“ headlight produces a more powerful lighting effect in the distance as well as immediately in front of the car. The construction is so developed that the light never dazzles on-coming traffic or pedestrians. Dimming therefore against on-coming traffic is unnecessary although the light is very powerful and its beams are thrown a long way ahead the car. In turning corners the light automatically follows the new direction of the car without the casing of the lamps being moved. The fully-automatic steering of the curve-light (operated by the turning of the steeringwheel) is hydro-magnetic.

In turning corners or going round bents the light-beams also adequately illuminate the farside of the road and light it immediately in front of the car as well as far ahead.
  
  


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