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).
Comparative testing of instruments from Watford, Smith, and A.T.Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\2\ scan0231 | |
| Date | 28th July 1933 | |
| 86138 Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/MA.28.7.33. BENSPORT INSTRUMENTS. Answering your Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}1/D.27.7.33., the two Watford instruments are still in process of being tested. We are undecided with regard to the policy of proceeding any further with these instruments in view of the financial position of Messrs.North's. We have succeeded in obtaining two lightened and much cheaper Smith instruments which we propose to mount on a chassis for comparative tests with the A.T. The result of this competition has been that the A.T.Co., have produced a speedometer considerably lighter than all their other models and we hope, with a substantial reduction in price, and we are still awaiting a sample instrument for test. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||