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Request to test a shutter modification on vehicle 22-G-V, measuring temperatures with and without the calorstat spring fitted.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 101\1\  scan0178
Date  4th February 1936
  
W/LH. {Mr Haworth} - GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.15/JH. 4.2.36.

We should like you to test the modification which we made to the shutters of 22-G-V by giving us the maximum temperatures reached before the shutters open at high speeds, with & without the calorstat spring fitted, and also the mean running temperature with and without spring.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.
  
  
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