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Cover memorandum clarifying that the company is not working to finer limits on piston clearances, contrary to a recent suggestion.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66\1\  scan0188
Date  7th February 1929
  
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}
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Mx {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} 9/T7.2.29.
I think you will be interested in the attached copy of memo from Br. {T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager}
I have replied to it and disillusioned him with regard to his suggestion that we are working to finer limits on piston clearances - as you are aware, the contrary is the case.

Mx {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}
[Stamp: RECEIVED 8 FEB 1929]
  
  
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).


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