1863 On March 27th, friderik hendrik Rice was born in Alton, Huntington, England (now Cambridge). His father is a small miller. 10 years old, because his father went bankrupt and his family was in trouble, Les had to go out to work to make a living. He was a newspaper boy, a telegraph messenger and an apprentice at Dabei Railway Factory. He came to London and got a job in an electric power company. A year later, he was transferred to the company's Liverpool branch. It can be said that Les's technology is learned from his work practice, and the factory is his university. From 1882 to 1883, he participated in the construction of street lamps in London. When he went to Liverpool to install street lamps, Les was already the chief electrical engineer. He worked in Liverpool until the company closed down in 1884, when he was 2 1 year old. After losing his job, he borrowed money from others to open an electrical appliance factory called "F·H· Rice and Manchester Mechanical Engineers Company" to produce electric lights; Electric cranes, motors and engines, etc. Due to the quality and good reputation, the company's production is booming. At that time, airplanes and cars were the most attractive areas, and many brave pilots and racers appeared, each with his own use. Les also joined the ranks of racing drivers. 1902, he bought a new car with 10 horsepower-"De Gaulle" from France, where the automobile industry was the most developed at that time. You can find that the top class car was too noisy at that time and it was very uncomfortable to sit up. Les decided to make a better car by herself. He dug up a small piece of land in the factory and really built a two-cylinder car with much less noise and vibration here. The car he built achieved a good result of trouble-free driving for 24 kilometers for the first time, which can be described as excellent performance. Then he built two equally reliable and sturdy cars, one of which was given to his company partner Claremont, and the other was given to the new chairman Henry Edwards, and he kept one for himself. Edwards has a friend who is a race car driver of noble birth, and his name is H. Aunola Stawart Rolls. He admired the cars made by Rice and admired his genius. Introduced by Edwards, Rolls came to Manchester to visit the cars made by Rice. 1904 On May 4th, the two met at the Midland Hotel. Rolls personally drove the car built by Les and was very satisfied with its performance. The third son of Lord Langetek in England was born in 1877, and Buelles was young 14 years old. He graduated from Cambridge University and is a mechanical engineer. As far as birth and status are concerned, he is handsome, personable and adventurous. Since 1895, he has been keen on motor racing and once took part in the earliest car race in Britain by driving a sports car. He is also a car dealer, buying cars from France and Belgium and then selling them to Britain. After a brief meeting, they immediately reached an agreement that Rolls-Royce would underwrite the car in London, Les would be made in Manchester, and the new car would use their surnames as trademarks. In this way, Rolls-Royce was born. 1906, Rolls-Royce Limited was established. Les is the director and chief engineer. The following year, the 6-cylinder 48-horsepower Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost sedan went on sale. This car has the advantages of low noise, smooth and quiet driving, high manufacturing accuracy of parts, and some parts are also polished with red iron powder polished by jewelers. It is said that putting a coin on the top of the car radiator will not move when starting the car. "Silver Ghost" is very comfortable to ride. The car number is 40/50. With the success of "Silver Ghost", Les moved the automobile manufacturing workshop from the electrical factory to a larger site in Great Northern England. Les works here for 20 hours every day, and his colleagues often urge him to eat. Rice also designed 20 models, Phantom 1, Phantom 2, 20/25HP. 1907, Rawls won the TT car race in the Isle of Man with a model 20. Set a new record in the Monte Carlo-London motor race. That year, it also passed the 24000 km test of the British Automobile Association. Rolls-Royce cars are famous all over the world. 19 12 years, Rouse's plane crashed in the air at the age of 32. He was the first pilot to die in a flight accident in Britain. Prior to this, Rouse had flown across the English Channel by balloon, and for the first time, he flew a plane to complete a round-trip flight across the English Channel without landing. He took part in many traditional coach races in early Europe. Rouse devoted his whole life to his passion for racing and flying. During World War I, Rolls-Royce began to design and produce aero-engines. A variety of piston aero-engines such as Eagle, Eagle and Falcon have been launched successively. At that time, more than half of British planes used Rolls-Royce products. The company set up factories to produce cars and aero-engines, and its automobile factory also converted the "Silver Ghost" into armored vehicles. 1920, Rolls-Royce set up a factory in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. 1926, Rolls-Royce Phantom was officially put into production and put on the market the following year. Rolls-Royce cars are made by hand. It takes 25 skilled technicians eight months to make a car. Half of the parts of each car are manufactured and half are supervised and inspected. The supervisor has to sign every part to show his responsibility, so the performance of this car is extraordinary. Even the buyer has to go through the application and qualification examination. Unless you are a powerful person, you can't get this car. Because Les made such exquisite products, he won many honors, medals and knighthood. 193 1 year, Rolls-Royce bought Bentley and put Bentley limousine on the market two years later. The last few days of Rice's life were devoted to the research and development of R-type aero-engines. This engine was installed on the S6B seaplane of HP Marin Company, and set a world speed record of 655.8 km/h at 193 1. On the basis of this engine, it later developed into a world-famous Merlin aero engine, which was the power device of the main British fighter jets "Spitfire" and "Cyclone" in World War II, with a total output of 6.5438+0.66 million units, which made Rolls-Royce make a fortune. Les died in Sussex, England on April 22nd, 1933 at the age of 70. After Les died, the company's heirs changed the letter "RR" in the trademark from red to black to mourn the two entrepreneurs.