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 from F. H. Royce detailing an idea for a clock rewinding principle based on large turret clocks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\1\ img063 | |
| Date | 17th November 1931 guessed | |
| (2) The idea that occurred to me for this work was that it should be on the rewinding principle used in large turret clocks, but in which case the rewinding need only take place at long intervals of 5 or 10 minutes instead of half minutes. This scheme would have the advantage that if the clock was stopped the maintaining spring would be rewound and the circuit broken. I send you these notes simply for what they are worth but I thought they might interest you. Yours faithfully, (SGD) F.{Mr Friese} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} ROYCE. CHIEF ENGINEER & DIRECTOR. ROLLS ROYCE LTD. | ||