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).
Revised wording for a warning plate on the Goshawk Electrical System.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 51\2\ Scan138 | |
| Date | 20th August 1923 | |
| X4338 To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to OJ. COPY R2/M20.8.23. GOSHAWK ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Replying to your EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 3/T14.8.23, I have no objection to the wording on the warning plates being reversed, and following the still further suggestions by you, and to meke the warning shorter, I suggest we say:- WARNING. IF BATTERY DISCONNECTED DETACH CENTRAL (EXCITING) WIRE FROM DYNAMO, OTHERWISE USE OF CHARGING SWITCH MAY CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||