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).
Requesting parts for car 2704 and investigating an incorrectly fitted battery ignition system on car 2301.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\7\ B001_X15 20 46 50 59-page240 | |
| Date | 29th October 1913 | |
| COPY. X.50. COPY R1/P 29.10.13. To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to Mr Ellis. Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} " J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} X.50. X562 X1911 X.607 Will you let us have six volt coil and two way switch for 2704. If you have not a good one, Mr Ellis could rig one up temporarily for a trial of the system. F.H.R. When 2301 came here it was again working badly on the battery ignition, we found that it had been fitted with Edison Cells (9) and only two had been connec-ted to the battery ignition which we therefore had only 2.66 volts instead of 4. Why fit Edison cells ? we want to know how our standard Exides behave, and who tested the car and did not find out the above mistake. F.H.R. [Handwritten in left margin]: X50 [Printed at bottom]: R R LTD (COPY) CCE 286 2/10/13 R & R LTD | ||