Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First 40 Years of Britain's Most Prestigious Company, 1904-1944
, subject: Henry Royce, C.S. Rolls, Claude Johnson, and the early decades of Rolls-Royce
A second reading of Rolls-Royce's first forty years turns exacting engineering into a study of continuous improvement.
About the book
David builds Episodes 81 and 287 around Pugh's archive-based company history, returning to it for a second reading and for Henry Royce's lessons on refinement, quality, documentation, and persistent product improvement.
Why read it
Best if you want an archive-based company history about engineering quality, iterative improvement, and the standards behind the Rolls-Royce name
Key themes
- Engineering As Reputation
- Evolutionary Improvement
- Documentation That Compounds
Evidence and original sources
This record is supported by 12 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- David Geffen — David points listeners to Founders 81 and the Rolls-Royce book while using Henry Royce as an example of soul in the game.
- Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick — David previews the book he is reading on the founder of Rolls-Royce; the next Rolls-Royce episode identifies it as Peter Pugh's work.
- Henry Royce (Founder of Rolls-Royce) — The host identifies this as the book he read for the week and the primary source for the episode's profile of Henry Royce.
- The Founder of Rolls-Royce — David notes the book was originally covered on Founders episode 81.
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