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 to Sir Malcolm Campbell regarding battery life and the company's reluctance to change suppliers from Exide and Peto & Radford.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\4\ img113 | |
| Date | 6th July 1933 | |
| Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}4/E6.7.33 - 2 - gave one year's life and that was what one would expect from a cheap mass produced battery. We of course have worked in close co-operation with the Exide and Peto & Radford people for many years and as the result of experience they have introduced important features at our request. I am sure you will agree that naturally, when one is obtaining satisfactory results from a certain article and has trained the manufacturer over a long period of time, one is very loath to make a change unless there is some good reason for so doing. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, (Sgd) A.F.Sidgreaves Sir Malcolm Campbell, Old Bond Street House, 6-8, Old Bond Street, W.1. | ||