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 the return of a faulty AC speedometer to the makers for a complete overhaul.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img176 | |
| Date | 1st June 1938 | |
| To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/MS. 6011 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}3/JH. 1.6.38. re AC SPEEDOMETER. Will you please arrange for one AC speedometer to be returned to the makers (The A.C. Sphinx Sparking Plug Co.Ltd., Dunstable, Beds.) for a complete overhaul. The trip mechanism of this instrument failed on an endurance test. To be marked for the attention of Mr. Benion Brown. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||