Explaining the policy decision to switch dynamo brush suppliers from French to British.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\1\ img022 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1933 | |
| x6093 B. From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Est. C. to L. C. to SS. {S. Smith} C. to HcF. C. to PL. C. to Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Est.6/HA.3.3.33. DYNAMOS. With further reference to R.1/ML.3.33., second paragraph. The reason why we changed over from the Le Carbon Z grade brush to Morganite was purely one of policy the Morganite being British and the Le Carbon French. As a matter of fact there appears to be very little difference in performance, wear, and noise between the two brushes. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Est. | ||
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).