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Scan0 Drawing No. LeC.858 which shows spring diagrams for a shorter valve spring to suit stronger washers.
View original record To By. [struck through] from E. ORIGINAL St. Margaret's Bay. 2 c. to Ck. Sept. 4th. 1917. X2925/P. Re - Shorter Valve Spring to suit stronger washers. E3/W4917. Please find attached drawing No.…

Scan1 Letter to Lieut. Commander Bristow regarding the Watford Magneto and battery ignition systems.
View original record Copy to Dy. C. to De. C. to EH. C. to L. C. to BJ. ORIGINAL. D 8 SEP 1917 RECEIVED 4 R6/W5917. September 6th. 1917. Lieut. Commander Bristow, R.N.V.R., Magneto Dept. Offices of the Air Board, Strand,…

Scan2 Letter to Lieut. Commander Bristow of the Air Board regarding design arrangements for a waterproof magneto system.
View original record -2- Lieut. Commander Bristow, R.N.V.R. Magneto Dept. Offices of the Air Board. send you at once nearly the whole arrangement for your approval, but have not quite finished the question of the…

Scan3 Requesting reduced scale photostats of power curves for filing, while full-scale blueprints for Mr. Royce are to continue.
View original record R.R. 235B (200 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17.) Bm. 2/156/12. To Clk. from E. ORIGINAL St. Margaret's Bay. Sept. 8th. 1917. RECEIVED 10 SEP 1917 Re - Power Curves. X.2245 / X.2934 E2/W8917. With reference to…

Scan4 Proposal to rig and test a loaned 260 HP Mercedes Engine.
View original record To F.H. from E. c. to Clk. ORIGINAL. St. Margaret's Bay. D 2 Sept. 8th. 1917. RECEIVED SEP 1917 X.3111( Re - 260 H.P. Mercedes Engine loaned to us by the Air Board. E3/W8917. With reference to the…

Scan5 Note suggesting the standardisation of a new wiring tube to save weight per engine.
View original record To Ry from R. c. to EH. c. to BJ. ORIGINAL. St. Margaret's Bay. Sept. 13th. 1917. X.2871 / Re - New Wiring Tube. R2/W12917. I have a note from Mr. Hives suggesting the standardisation of the new…

Scan6 Impregnation of aluminium castings with silicate of soda.
View original record To Wd. from R. c. to EH. c. to Kstrtn. ORIGINAL. St. Margaret's Bay. 3 28 SEP 1917 Sept. 26th, 1917. RECEIVED X3032 Re - Impregnating Aluminium Castings. R8/W26917. With reference to impregnating the…

Scan7 Trial of four Claudel Hobson carburetters on an engine and comparing them to the R.R.C.H. carburetter.
View original record To Wd. from R. c. to EH. c. to RJ. ORIGINAL D 3 St. Margaret's Bay. 1917 Sept. 26th. 1917. RECEIVED X.3188 Re - Claudel Hobson Carburetter. R6/W25917. With reference to the Claudel Hobson people and…

Scan8 Instruction to scrap the existing carburetter stays and replace them with steel ones.
View original record To EH. from R. c. to By. c. to BJ. X.2615B. [crossed out] X 3010 [underlined] Re - Stays for R.R.C.H. Carburetter. R7/W25917. St. Margaret's Bay. 4 Sept. 26th. 1917. [Stamp: RECEIVED SEP 28 1917] With…

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