Experiences with Peto & Radford batteries and procuring a new battery for the Goshawk.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\G\September1921\ Scan37 | |
| Date | 1st September 1921 | |
| R.R. 235A (100 T) (S.B. 798. 10-12-20) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2947 ORIGINAL. To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} c. to CJ. c. to PH. c. to Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} (Camacha(Henry Royce's office in West Wittering)) c. to Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} /TB.9.21. X.3398 - PETO & RADFORD BATTERIES. We duly received your note H1/030.8.21, and have written to the P & R Company accordingly, telling them of our experiences of the two most recently received P & R batteries, and asking them to recommend us their latest type. Although we assume that you intended this for the large car, it now occurs to us that you might like us to obtain a smaller capacity battery suitable for the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). The present state of affairs with regard to the battery for Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) is that we have received one sample C.A.V-Willard 12XR2, and a battery box is being made to suit this battery. We should now either obtain a further C.A.V-Willard 12XR2 battery, as it is desirable to have two for one experimental car, or else obtain a battery of some other make (perhaps P & R Co. might have one of suitable dimensions) to be interchangeable with this. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} | ||
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).