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).
Letter suggesting an experiment to improve instrument dial legibility by using concave glass.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\2\ scan0354 | |
| Date | 7th March 1935 | |
| R 62305 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.7/MA. 7th March, 1935. Mr.C.W.Nichols, Messrs.S.Smith & Sons, Ltd., Cricklewood Works, London, N.W.2. Dear Mr.Nichols, It has occurred to me that a further improvement in the legibility of our new concave dial instruments wouldbe the provision of a front glass concave to the dial instead of flat. One imagines that a certain amount of addtional light would be deflected on to the instrument dial. Perhaps you could arrange for an experiment to be carried out at your Works to determine this effect. Yours sincerely, | ||