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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).
The dimmer switch for instrument lights on the Phantom III 35-EX, noting it was a good feature missed in a recent report.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\2\  img346
Date  17th July 1937
  
WSC{W. S. Cassel} 6139
CHATEAUROUX.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/7/JAB.17.7.37.

To. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
[strikethrough]Mr. Hives/Platt.[/strikethrough]
[strikethrough]Mr. Row/Other.[/strikethrough]

Last Phantom III in France
35-EX.

Dimmer Switch for Instrument Lights.

The brilliance of the instrument lights on the present Phantom III has reminded us of the beneficial effects of the dimmer switch fitted to 35-EX.

This was a very good feature but was missed in the subsequent report and analysis. What has happened to it ?

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Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}
  
  


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