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).
Faulty Boyce Electric Clock, detailing its performance and how it broke.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\1\ img021 | |
| Date | 30th March 1931 | |
| S/W X6022 To EFC from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} X.6022. Boyce Electric Clock No.601 ex-58-GN. Sgl6/E30.3.31 Replying to EFC3/AD27.3.31 I gave all available information about this when I handed it over to Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} at Derby. From the time it was supplied until the week ended 21st inst. it was quite satisfactory in use with the exception that it lost about 3 minutes per week. It was never removed from the instrument board and, therefore, was only subject to normal treatment such as a clock receives when fitted to one of our cars. The chauffeur informs me that the clock stopped before the hand setting knob broke off and that it was when he went to alter the hands that this knob came off. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} STAMPED: RECEIVED 31 MAR 1931 | ||