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).
Bentley Instruments, confirming that inverted dials are more acceptable due to better visibility.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan314 | |
| Date | 4th January 1934 | |
| WST 86051. S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. C. to Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} re- Bentley Instruments. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/MA 3.1.34. Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}11/KW4.1.34. I am afraid I did misunderstand your last memo, and I remember now that there was the further point of the inverted dials. We definitely thought these were better from the point of view of visibility, and we therefore confirm our opinion that these are more acceptable than the dials as originally arranged. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||