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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).
Performance and potential wider use of a Boyce electric clock fitted to car 58-GN.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 164\1\  img043
Date  29th September 1931
  
WST
X6022.
To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
Copy to R.{Sir Henry Royce} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C/Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}
Re Instrument Board Clocks.
Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}36/Ez29.9.31
RECEIVED
30 SEP 30
Referring to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/AD28.9.31 the Boyce electric clock fitted to 58-GN has only gone wrong on one occasion during the several months that I have had it in use.
I took it back to W, and it wasseen to there.
It keeps very good time. The only objection - if it can be called an objection - is that it makes an occasional fairly loud win click.
The freedom from the necessity of winding is certainly a boon.
Unless you hear from R.{Sir Henry Royce} to the contrary I XXXXXX like the idea of putting at least two dozen through on production in order to obtain a general opinion of them and, if this is done, I think it would be a good idea to try to get as many as we could on cars being used in the Company provided
  
  


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