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 battery supplier regarding the ampere-hour rating in a new 40-50 HP instruction book.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan249 | |
| Date | 18th August 1925 | |
| X. 8782 Works, Dagenham Dock, Essex TELEPHONE VICTORIA 3667. 4 LINES PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE. TELEGRAMS CONCENTRATION, SOWEST, LONDON. Manufacturers of P&R Accumulators. Established 1889 PETO & RADFORD Proprietors - Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company Ltd. 50 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, S.W.1. DIRECTORS: SIR ARCHIBALD C. GOLD F.C. GRAHAM MENZIES G.R.N. MINCHIN WILLIAM PETO C.R.D. PRITCHETT T.W. PRITCHETT YOUR REF. OUR REF. M/7. 18th August, 1925. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Fowler Clark, Esq., Messrs "Rolls-Royce" Ltd., DERBY. Dear Fowler Clark, I received from Messrs. R.R. Ltd., a proof of the first two chapters of the new 40-50 h.p. Instruction book. On page one the battery is referred to as 65 to 75 ampere hour. As we have already gone to so much trouble to get this up, and as it is a genuine 80 ampere hour, don't you think it might be called 75 to 80 ampere hour which would look better and make people think they really are getting a full size battery? I take it such a matter is in your hands, so am writing to point it out to you. We are having endless correspondence about the ebonite separators and we are not yet in a position to write you officially on the whole subject. Hoping to see you soon. Yours sincerely, G.R.N. Minchin | ||