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).
The performance of a 'Notek' foglamp and Lucas headlamps on a Phantom III, following an incident with an owl.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\1\ img165 | |
| Date | 17th July 1937 | |
| 6116 CHATEAUROUX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/4/JAB.17.7.37. To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. c. Rmy/Gatt. Have we standardised the "Notek" fog lamp. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 32-EX. PHANTOM III. "Notek" Foglamp & Lucas Headlamps. The foglamp was written off by an owl last night. We have not encountered any real fog, but in the light summer mists met with at night and in the early morning, it showed up to advantage. It was very useful when used in conjunction with the headlamps as the sides of the road were then as well lit as the distance ahead and a wonderful light equally good for straight road and corners was obtained. It will be missed in this respect, as with the headlamps alone the exceptional brilliance of the long distance beam makes the sides of the road seem poorly lit in comparison. This trouble can be overcome equally well by having both the dipped and long distance filaments of the headlamps on together, turning off the long distance one for dimming purposes instead of changing from one to the other, but we have not been able to get this method accepted as the bulbs are not intended to be used in this way. It was however done on the Marchal lamps used on the last Bentleys and on 35-EX. and no trouble was experienced. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||