Request to produce a camshaft for a high output Japan unit, specifying a drawing number and angle between cam centres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\5\ scan0114 | |
| Date | 17th December 1931 | |
| x5090. To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/KT.17.12.31. CAMSHAFT FOR HIGH OUTPUT JAPAN(Experimental Engine) UNIT. Will you please produce a camshaft for this unit having both cams machined to the exhaust cam form Drawing No. E.57175 and an angle of 112° between the cam centres. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).