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).
Extract from a report on a visit discussing battery designs, condemning the Tudor model in favour of the Exide.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\5\ Scan279 | |
| Date | 12th March 1921 | |
| X4288 Extract from E4/G31.3.21. Re MESSRS. HIVES & DAY'S VISIT TO W.W. ON 6-EX 12th MARCH 1921. (17) BATTERIES. X.664. X.979. X.4288. X.4283. X.3629, The scheme whereby the battery is composed of separate cells with bolted connections unified by a light box for the purpose of lifting the battery about must not be departed from. Referring to the sample cells brought by Mr. Hives the Tudor has a recess in the centre of the cover which is likely to become very dirty, and is therefore undesirable. The individual cells should be separate, and the cover should be sealed to the container after the manner of the "Exide", so as to enable the plates to be withdrawn from the container easily. Mr. Royce sees no objection whatever to the Exide scheme of construction. From the models examined, the Tudor is condemned. We have now to consider the C.A.V. (Willard) De Martis, and the Exide. | ||