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Minutes of a Works Committee Conference discussing the Bleriot electrical cut-out.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\3\  Scan173
Date  22th December 1920
  
X 4215

MINUTES OF WORKS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE HELD

22ND DECEMBER 1920.

Present -
Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead}
Hr.
Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}
Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
Hm. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

Copies to -
R. {Sir Henry Royce}
CJ.
BJ.
C.
Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead}
Hr.
Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}
EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
Hm. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}
BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
Also - EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
and Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

(1) BLERIOT ELECTRICAL CUT-OUT.

The Committee were of the opinion that the above piece was a sound and workmanlike instrument, and that all possible should be done to obtain early standardisation, as desired by R. {Sir Henry Royce}

Subject to a further number of Cut-Outs passing the necessary tests satisfactorily, particularly tests on the road, and in order to save time, it was agreed to immediately obtain up to one dozen Cut-Outs, and place these on all experimental and trials cars.

There is also the question of supplies to be gone into. Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} is visiting the Bleriot firm tomorrow to make enquiries.

Mr.Clarke pointed out that if this Cut-Out was used it could be used with the present Lucas Switch Box but not in a satisfactory manner. It would be better to make use of it with the R.F.Switch Box, in which case a small auxiliary junction board would be necessary.
  
  
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).


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