Carburetter fuel consumption and a request for a new needle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\4\ Scan194 | |
| Date | 9th July 1932 | |
| S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Lp. {Mr Lappin} Copy to Wcr. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X1487 Lp. {Mr Lappin} 1/LAM.9.7.32. Re: G.L.N.-60. Thanks for your Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 18/MA.6.7.32.. also for the attached letter from Mr. Skinner. The consumption so far obtained on the carburetter over 700 miles running is approximately 15 miles per gallon. You say in your memo: that you are sending a new needle to try, but this has not yet come to hand. Would you please send it. Lp. {Mr Lappin} RECEIVED 11 JUL 1932 | ||
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).