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).
The comparative efficiency test of a Mercedes fan against a Rolls-Royce fan.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\1\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 16th February 1915 | |
| Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcr6/L16215. Re Efficiency of Mercedes Fan. X.1509. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} 16.2.15. Na.{Mr Nadin}c. In reply to your memo E3/G1215, Mr Hives informs us that he made a test of a Mercedes Fan in comparison with an R.R. Fan which was cut down to same diameter as the Mercedes, but he found the Mercedes was in no way superior to the R.R. and he did not carry the test any further and kept no record of same. Mcr. | ||