Letter to S.U. Carburetter Co. Ltd. requesting needles with specific dimensions for experiments on a 3 1/2 Litre Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\5\ Scan136 | |
| Date | 12th January 1934 | |
| V206 1487 Expl. Dept. Rs {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} 6/MJ. 12th. January, 1934. The S.U. Carburetter Co. Ltd., East Works, Bordesley Green Road, BIRMINGHAM.8. For the attention of Mr. Von de Becke. Dear Sir, In conjunction with further experiments on a 3 1/2 Litre Bentley, will you please produce three pairs of needles to the following dimensions; measured at intervals of .125" from the top of the needle - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 89.5 84.5 80.8 78.0 75.7 72.5 70.5 68.8 67.5 10 11 66.0 64.5 (Thousandths of an inch.) Yours faithfully, For Rolls-Royce Ltd. | ||
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).