Letter from an electrical storage company discussing an investigation into a new 'Gold Seal' battery electrolyte.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\3\ img035 | |
| Date | 25th June 1937 | |
| 6122 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY THE Chloride ELECTRICAL STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED TELEPHONES: SWINTON 2011 (7 LINES) TELEGRAMS: CHLORIDIC, PENDLEBURY. CODES: BENTLEY'S, LIEBERS, A.I. AND A.B.C. (4TH & 5TH EDITIONS) LONDON OFFICE, 137, VICTORIA STREET, S.W.1. EXIDE WORKS, CLIFTON JUNCTION, NR MANCHESTER. OUR REFERENCE........... ECM/LJ. YOUR REFERENCE........... Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst.19/AP. H.E. West, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. 25th June, 1937. Private & Confidential Dear Mr. West, Acknowledging yours of the 24th instant, the first I heard of the new German "Gold Seal" electrolyte was a demonstration by the agent in this country, Mr. Taylor, to some of the visitors at the Brighton Convention, at which one or two of our representatives were present. I infer that Mr. Taylor is non-technical because he poured a little fluid into a new dry battery and when the voltmeter showed a reading and an ammeter placed directly across the battery showed a momentary current of 100 amperes, he majestically announced that he had put the amps. into the battery by the addition of the liquid. We have sent for samples of the electrolyte, but I know fairly well in advance what we will find in them. "Gold Seal" is the trade mark adopted by one of the British acid manufacturers, and I assume that Mr. Taylor obtains his supplies of electrolyte from that acid maker, adding the 'goo-goo' in his one-room London Office. I will let you know later what we find. Yours sincerely, [Signature] | ||
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).