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).
Report by Professor A. M. Low on the 'Bicolour' antidazzle and fog-penetrating headlight device.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\3\ scan0156 | |
| Date | 1st March 1935 | |
| Bicolour. Copy of Report received from Professor A.{Mr Adams} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Low. A.{Mr Adams} C. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} I. (Lond.); M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} I. A.{Mr Adams} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} (Lond.); F.{Mr Friese} C. S. (Lond.); D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Sc., Ph. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} (Chic.); F.{Mr Friese} I. P. I. (Lond.). F.{Mr Friese} R.{Sir Henry Royce} A.{Mr Adams} (Lond.), F.{Mr Friese} F.{Mr Friese} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} S. (Lond.); F.{Mr Friese} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} S. (U. S. A.{Mr Adams}); Consulting Engineer and Physicist, Scientific Author. Late Officer commanding R.{Sir Henry Royce} F.{Mr Friese} C. Experimental Works; Major R.{Sir Henry Royce} A.{Mr Adams} F.{Mr Friese}, Lieutenant Commander R.{Sir Henry Royce} N. V.{VIENNA} R.{Sir Henry Royce} Vice-President of the Institute of Patentees; Vice-President B. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} C. R.{Sir Henry Royce} C, Vice-President A.{Mr Adams} C. U., Vice-President Radio Association, Member Academie Latine., Technical Adviser to B. A.{Mr Adams} R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. etc. etc. London, 1st., March 1935. „I have made an examination and test of the BICOLOUR Antidazzle an fog-penetrating device. In the majority of instances, this type of invention has been designed with almost entire ignorance of the circumstances under which most motorists are driving. The prevention of dazzle is not difficult if illumination is reduced, but in the BICOLOUR apparatus attention has been paid to the particular direction at which rays may be scattered to strike the eye of the driver during deflections by the car from its normal course. The result is highly satisfactory and although coloration does not materially effect the amount of light transmitted the patterning of the discs which are inserted into the ordinary headlight is such that the road illumination is in many cases actually improved rather than diminished by the lack of dazzling rays. There can be no doubt that this invention must add to the security of road users and, in case of fog, that driving can be carried on under conditions very much better than those obtainable by ordinary dipping or the use of colour strainers olone. I have formed a high opinion of the BICOLOUR device. (Signed) A.{Mr Adams} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Low. Please turn over | ||