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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).
Query about standardizing the appearance of six car instrument dials and hands.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168\5\  img068
Date  31th May 1926
  
To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce}
c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BJ. CWB. PN.{Mr Northey}

X4622

R4/M31.5.26.

RE. CAR INSTRUMENTS. X.4622 X.8530

When can all six of our instruments have cream faces and black figures, and black, or red tipped hands?

(1) Clock.
(2) Speedometer.
(3) Thermometer.
(4) Oil gauge.
(5) Ammeter.
(6) Petrol gauge.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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