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).
Request to order two dual-needle stopwatches (chronographs) for the Experimental Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\1\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 4th May 1917 | |
| R.R. 235 B (200 T) (S.C. 536. 15-2-16) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 1547 X.3035 (strikethrough) To O.O. for Miss Williamson) To O.O. for Miss Ferguson )from EFC. EFC3/T4.5.17. Will you kindly order up for the Experimental Dept. two stop watches (chronographs) from Messrs. Bensons, similar to some which were ordered up recently for the Test Department. These watches do not tell the time, but have two independent stop needles, so that two time intervals, can be recorded at the same time. EFC. | ||