Henry Royce was fourteen years older, a big, bearded, solid man, a workaholic and perfectionist, who had come up the hard way. Of Cambridgeshire farming stock, the son of a struggling miller, he had begun to earn money as a paper boy aged nine, somehow got an education at night-school and took an engineering apprenticeship.
He started an electrical engineering business in Manchester before designing and building his own car. It made an excellent impression for speed and reliability on a keen motorist named Henry Edmunds, who knew Charles Rolls and more or less dragged him to meet Royce in Manchester. The two men took to each other almost instantly and agreed to form the Rolls-Royce car company.
Rolls-Royce has remained one of the most famous names in engineering throughout the world, find out more about our history and the keys milestones that have helped shape us. Rolls-Royce grew from the electrical and mechanical business established by Henry Royce in Royce built his first motor car in and in May of that year met Charles Rolls, whose company sold quality cars in London.
Success with the cars led to the formation of the Rolls-Royce company in March and to the launch of the six-cylinder Silver Ghost which, within a year, was hailed as 'the best car in the world'. At the start of the First World War, in response to the nation's needs, Royce designed his first aero engine — the Eagle, providing some half of the total horsepower used in the air war by the allies. The Eagle powered the first direct transatlantic flight as well as the first flight from England to Australia — both in the Vickers Vimy aircraft.
The late s saw us develop the 'R' engine to power Britain's entry in the International Schneider Trophy seaplane contest. It established a new world air speed record of over mph in Subsequently it established new world records on both land and water. More importantly, as subsequent events were to prove, it gave us the technological base to develop the Merlin, which Royce has begun to work on before his death in Demand for the Merlin during the Second World War transformed us from a relatively small company into a major contender in aero propulsion.
The Welland engine entered service in the Gloster Meteor fighter in and we had the confidence immediately after the war to commit ourselves to the gas turbine, in which it had a technological lead. We entered the civil aviation market with the Dart in the Vickers Viscount. It was to become the cornerstone of universal acceptance of gas turbines by the airline industry.
The Avon-powered Comet became the first turbojet to enter transatlantic service and in , the Conway engine in the Boeing became the first turbofan to enter airline service. The leader among these was Bristol which, in , merged with the motor car and aero-engine maker Armstrong Siddeley.
Three other smaller engine companies were absorbed into Bristol Siddeley and Rolls-Royce in Finally, the capability of the British aero-engine industry was consolidated when we merged with Bristol Siddeley in So much so, that Rolls-Royce cars were an integral part of the lives of the Indian maharajas much before India became an independent nation.
Some interesting owners include the Maharaja of Patiala, who owned nearly 27 Rolls-Royce cars. These names prove that India's affair with this extravagant symbol of class and elan will continue to grow and strengthen over the years. In , owners Vickers decided to sell Rolls-Royce Motors. History of Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce Description : This legendary brand finds its roots in Henry Royce's electrical and mechanical business, which started in and went on to become a car manufacturing company in
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