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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).
New single-wire electrical system and lamp holders for a car intended for a 10,000-mile run.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\D\December1919\  Scan7
Date  12th December 1919
  
ORIGINAL
FRENCH TRIALS EL1
To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ.
c. to BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
CR{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester}
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LGl2.12.19.
X.3Y43 RE CAR TO RUN 10,000 MILES. X.364Y X.3569 X.135Y

This car is not required now until the 12th.Jan.

by Mr. Johnson in France. We shall now make an endeavour
to get the full list of pieces on this car. The chief
item being the new wiring and switch board. As regards
the earthed wiring system, we have been making enquiries
for lamps. Lucas's say they have no lamps for the single
wiring system and the only thing they recommend is to use
their standard lamp and earth one connection a little way
from the holder. With this scheme, of course, we lose
a lot of the advantage we hope to gain by obtaining better
lamp holders. Lucas's also point out that if we adopt
single terminal lamp holders, there will be difficulty in
our customers obtaining lamp bulbs.

C.A.V. people make single wire holders; we are
obtaining samples from them.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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