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).
Querying the differing effects of magnetic interference on Bentley and Rolls-Royce instruments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan336 | |
| Date | 20th January 1934 | |
| S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. to Wer. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. " BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} WST 86051. Cxl/KW20.1.34. Speedometer and Rev Counter Magnetic Interference on Bentley. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.IO/MA12.1.34. The contents of your memo are noted with much interest and we have passed the information on to Mr.Sears. Can you please tell us how it is that these influences are at work with regard to the Bentley instruments but similar precautions need not be taken on the Rolls-Royce, where the speedometer at least is of a similar type. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||