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).
Letter from a shareholder's child to the Research Department, proposing an invention for the elimination of vehicle roll on corners.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\2\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 26th December 1937 guessed | |
| The Manager, The Research Dept., ROLLS ROYCE, Ltd. 1305! Ortygia House, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Dear Sir, My mother being a shareholder in your company, I take the liberty of sending you herewith details of an invention which may be of interest to Messrs. Rolls Royce. The invention deals with (amongst other things) the elimination of roll on corners, in connection with which I understand that Messrs. Rolls Royce are at present conducting experiments. I have consulted my patent agent with regard to this device and he reports that, whilst the general idea has been substancially anticipated, protection could be obtained in connection with some "special arrangement or construction." If you will be so good as to read through the enclosed specification I think you will agree that the diagonal placing of the controling units in the chassis forms a "special | ||