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Letter to Dr. J.C. Morrison discussing the results of tests on a new silencing system and proposing two schemes for interference pipes.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 134\1\  scan0026
Date  5th October 1937
  
1129.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Ed. {J. L. Edwards} 13/MH. {M. Huckerby}

5th. October 1937.

Dr. J.C. Morrison,
The University,
Glasgow.

Dear Dr. Morrison,

Many thanks for your letter, and I must opolgise for not answering before.

We have had an initial run on your silencing system, and subject to verification of results it appears very good, being about 40% better than standard Bentley.

It appears, however, to be rather noisier than the Bentley silencer, and I am trying a different type of expansion chamber on the end.

Another point is that in the event of our fitting this system in a car, it would naturally have to be tidied up a bit, and I should like your opinion on the effectiveness of the following.

(1) Interference pipes.

Two schemes are as under -
  
  
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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